Cutthroat-SE Buttress descent beta

[mtnjon]

We plan to climb Cutthroat-SE Buttress in the next week. We could rappell the route, but I've heard there is a faster descent where you do several double-rope rappels from the "notch between the false summit humps"?

[Gary_Yngve]

I remember doing mostly single rope raps and downclimbing on the route itself, which was pretty fast. We were a team of four, with Steve Firebaugh directing our efforts into an efficient 6.5-hour car-to-car push.

[Weekend_Climberz]

I did the South Buttress and rappeled that route. There are slings on a small bush near the end of the sandy gully on the south side between the false summit humps. I believe we did something like 6-8 rappels down to the basin on the south side with slings every rope length. I remember two ropes being ideal.

[curtveld]

I have rapped one of the SW gullies and it was nasty – loose rock and sketchy anchors. Rapping the route with a single rope and some 3rd class was much better and not slower. Weekendz details ring true.