The route climbs a steep and slabby corner system on the lower half, then climbs an arete on the upper half.

The crux is on the beautiful lower dihedral section from the 1st through the second bolt.  The seam has some side pulls off of a few finger tips pods.  Delicate stemming required!  The upper arete is substantially easier, with a couple of touchy 5.9ish moves above some gear placements.

You can A0 the lower section if needed.

Without Wheels

Cosmic Thing

Free Me (free)

Sunset Arete

Edge of Night

Pitch Black

Rome In a Day

Great route, but there are no anchors directly above (they're around the back of a sharp ridge).  I had to climb back to the last face bolt and leave a biner.  Still a great line.  The crux is probably right below the last face bolt and clipping this bolt.

Make moves up the brownish face with good holds and horizontals for gear until you reach the slab.  One Bolt protects the crux on the slab. There may be more horizontals that take gear after the bolt if your nervous, I just ran it out since the climbing is easy.  Belay at the trees and rap off.

A short, brutally thin seam that starts low on the Twilight Buttress.  More of an RP-protected boulder problem than anything else.  Jam and lieback the obvious seam past two fixed pins, using some small features on the face as well.  The crux comes about a third of the way up, just before making a long move to an edge out right.  Difficult to rate -- .13b or c, but some others should try it to consolidate the grade.  A great route!

Great pitch. Short but packed with fun, pumpy moves. Be careful getting to the first bolt, you may want to stick clip it.

This route starts with a low first bolt and a tricky boulder problem to a high second bolt clipped from a less than ideal hold (There is decking potential here so consider bringing a clip stick. A TR can also be set up via Sunset Arete or a scramble up the back of the buttress). From here launch into a strenuous and sustained sequence of pockets and side pulls, clipping two more bolts along the way. Continue through a right-trending, thin, diagonal crack after clipping the pin at its start. Exit the crack up features to the peak of the face (easier) or continue to the chains of Pitch Black (slightly harder).

The quality stone and unique features of this line make it a must do if you bothered to make the hike up. Bust out the fancy footwork and get after it!

This route is a combination of gear and bolts.  It seems to follow a crack just around the right edge of the arete.  Follow this up to a small roof section.  A horizontal crack here marks the crux of the route.  Balancy moves with good foot and not so good hands give way to a really good jug.  Follow the arete to the anchors.

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Routes in Twilight Buttress