North America, United States, Wyoming - Tetons, Storm Point, Trinity Buttress
Storm Point, Trinity Buttress. This series of three buttresses, one above the other, lies directly to the left of the southwest ridge. Yvon Chouinard and TM Herbert on August 1 made the first ascent of this route (III, F8) by keeping more or less to the crest of these buttresses. The first involved a thin crack and finished with an F7 layback and jamcrack. The second buttress was climbed first up to a pine in an upward traverse to the right until the final 150-foot F8 face was climbed. The last buttress finished with two easy pitches after a difficult crack on the left side was ascended. Descent was made via a ledge system to the east. This climb has excellent rock and one of the shortest approaches in the Tetons.