Direct South Buttress (Mount Moran)

Direct South Buttress of Mount Moran
Location Mount Moran, Wyoming, U.S.
Coordinates 43°50′07″N 110°46′32″W / 43.83528°N 110.77556°W / 43.83528; -110.77556
Climbing Area Teton Range
Route Type Aid, Alpine
Vertical Gain 1500 feet
Pitches 11
Rating 5.9 C1
Grade IV
First ascent Richard Emerson, Don Decker, and Leigh Ortenburger August 30–31, 1953.

The Direct South Buttress of Mount Moran is a technical rock climbing route on Mount Moran part of the Teton Range in Grand Teton National Park. The route is featured in Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.[1]

References

  1. Roper, Steve; Steck, Allen (1979). Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. 165–170. ISBN 0-87156-292-8.

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