We're giving this page a facelift!
Visit the previous versionto make edits.
Peak Mountain 3

Buff Rubes

FA Todd Wells & Rick Mix, 1996
CREATED 
UPDATED 

Description

Pitch 1 Climb right facing dihedral dihedral and continue straight up through ledges and broken rock trending right for the base of a trough. Under some small over hangs you will encounter the first band of solid rock in which there is a horizontal crack which takes medium sized units. Is is somewhere under 100’ up the wall. It’s fairly important to build the belay here unless linking the two pitches while rope solo. You will find no other places above that are even remotely solid enough to build an anchor until the tree line.Pitch 2 Get rowdy and pull the overhang then continue up the bowling lane and gawk in amazement at the giant blocks that are some how still on the wall. Redneck Direct cuts left and traverse at the next roof and is a great route too. You will see fixed iron out left for this finish. But for Bugf Rubes continue straight up through bulges and  overhangs. Take note to protect the belay as well as be mindful of what it will be like for the second while following. As with most hard aid climbs in the suck on this route it helps to be willing to get out of your aiders and boulder through sections.A double rope rap on two 60 meters will take you back to the ground from the top in one go.

Location

Walk east of Kovite Kove a short bit until you reach the next large formation. The route starts in the left most and lowest dihedral on a steep hill. This is the same start as Redneck Direct

Protection

Double rack, extra small cams/ball nuts,Hand full of LAs and KBs, hooks or two, two 60meters for rappel