Courthouse Butte Feb 17
A hike up the south face of Courthouse Butte, and then around it at the base
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COURTHOUSE BUTTE
We climb the south face visible here
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Up the first broad slot
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From herre, across the slickrock face ahead and then around to the right
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Prickly pear!
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Then up a steeper, narrower slot
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...Which also has a flat rocky point at the top, to the right
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A view of Village of Oakcreek
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Just like the previous pitch: up across the face ahead, around a a nose to the right, and into the next cove
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We are now almost above adjacent Bell Rock
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Now we can look down from the opposite face
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And around on this ledge...
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Some climbers opt to take another slot, emerging at the dead tree center-left
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While we explore a small ruin
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Now aound on this level to the final point
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As far as we can go, and time for a break
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Making our way back...
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Down teh big slot
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And back to the public trail
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Up a long wash...
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...To this view point on the north side of the Butte, opposite to the sude we climbed. Toadstool is in the middle
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We press on...
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Made it all the way around!
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