Red Butte
Red Butte as seen on the approach. It lies roughly one mile outside of Zion National Park in the Red Butte Wilderness Area. which was created in 2009.
An interesting half day climb
Red Butte as seen on the approach. It lies roughly one mile outside of Zion National Park in the Red Butte Wilderness Area. which was created in 2009.
Spendlove Knoll as seen from the Red Butte Wilderness Area.
Firepit Knoll as seen from the Red Butte Wilderness area.
There is plenty of bushwhacking on the lower part of the route. It is not enjoyable.
Dominic gets credit for spotting this arch that bears an uncanny resemblance to a sewing machine!
There is plenty of pleasant scrambling up a zig-zag system of ramps on Red Butte's south side. The going is generally easy and unexposed.
View east toward Zion National Park. The tall peak right of center is the West Temple. The trained Zion eye can pick out several others.
The toughest part of the route is near the summit.
We cautiously scramble up some intimidating terrain and its actually a lot easier than it appears, not usually the case in Zion!
Dominic pauses during some steep scrambling high on Red Butte.
Dominic leads up the 5th class crux. It consists of a funky, gaping crack and a not-so-featured face. Pro is ok. Up above and around the corner is a fun chimney system that leads to a small ledge and a bolt.
Dominic leads out from the bolt to complete the final moves to the summit.
Dominic on top of Red Butte.