Home - Destinations - iPhone/Android - Gyms - Partners - Forum - Photos - Deals - What's New
 ADVANCED
ALC (Alternative Living Cave)
Gregory Diablo 6 Daypack - 320cu in

$68.95 29% off

$48.27

at DeptOfGoods

   more...
Sterling - Marathon 9mm Half Rope

$185.00 24% off

$139.97

at GearX

53    more...
Mountain Hardwear Fluid 32 Backpack - 1950cu in

$149.95 29% off

$104.97

at DeptOfGoods

51    more...
Bell Sports Influx Bike Helmet

$64.99 25% off

$48.74

at AlsSports

7    more...
Mammut - Togira Light Harness Women

$84.95 41% off

$49.97

at GearX

22    more...
Edelweiss Element II Rope 10.2mm

$149.99 30% off

$104.99

at AlsSports

29    more...
Sugoi Neo Bike Jersey - Women's

$49.99 20% off

$39.99

at AlsSports

7    more...
Titleist Pro V1 Golf Ball - 12 Pack

$61.99 22% off

$47.99

at AlsSports

6    more...
GREGORY Women's Jade 50 Backpack

$239.00 20% off

$191.20

at EMS

1    more...
Epic 45 Pack

$179.95 20% off

$142.46

at CampSaver

13    more...
 more Dirtbag Deals

Routes Sorted
L to R R to L Alpha
Alternative Living 
Dice moves 
Grease the Track 
Gumputation 
Hide Away 
Hobo Arêté 
Human Evolution 
Jumption  
Maggie 
Power Play 
Scott's Knee 
Spearin' Biscuits 
Street Thug 


Browse this area on a map

ALC (Alternative Living Cave) 


Photos: Recent | Best | Popular
Lat, Long: 46.6834, -92.2565 Map
Page Views: 2,311. Good page? (2 likes)   
Administrators: Kris Gorny, Tom Erickson
Submitted By: Richard C on Sep 27, 2010

Make this area a Favorite
What's New
  Print a Mini-Guide with routes

Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event 

Noah

Description 

On Sept the 25th 2010 the Mountain Goats climbing team from Vertical Endeavors St Paul and their friends spent the day cleaning out this amazing roof, and former alternative living space, making it available to climbing once again. It is rumored to have been the home of some UMD students, and was complete with a stove and every thing one would need for surviving a winter in Duluth outside, including the remains of an ample supply of beer. Some of these lines where done by Jeremy J Schlick and Luke Evens in 94/95 but the names and grades have been lost to history. The cave consists of a large roof about 5.5 to 6 feet high and about 10 feet deep and 15 feet long, and is a definite must see for the consummate Minnesota climber.

Note: all grades are provisional more ascents need.


Getting There 

From the Ely's peak parking lot head up the trail, at the top of the stairs turn left, after about 500 feet you will come across a faint trail on the right, take it and head up hill. If you come to the old rail road bridge without having found the trail you have gone too far. about 50 feet up the hill you will come a T take the left trail and it will lead you directly to the cave.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for ALC (Alternative Living Cave):
Hobo Arêté   V2     Boulder   
Spearin' Biscuits   V3     Boulder   
Alternative Living   V3     Boulder   
Power Play   V4     Boulder   
Gumputation   V4     Boulder   
Street Thug   V4     Boulder   
Grease the Track   V4     Boulder   
Dice moves   V5     Boulder   
Jumption    V5     Boulder, 10 feet   
Hide Away   V5-6     Boulder, 10 feet   
Human Evolution   V5-6     Boulder   
Scott's Knee   V7     Boulder   
Maggie   V9-     Boulder   
Browse More Classics in ALC (Alternative Living Cave)

Featured Route For ALC (Alternative Living Cave)
Right line is Grease the Track and the left Line is Bone Polisher AKA Power Play

Power Play V4  MN : Duluth Rock (Duluth) : ... : ALC (Alternative Living Cav...
Compression sit start on the lowest two holds then with the cleaver foot work bump your hands up to increasingly better holds. short but quite good. this route is made difficult by the fact that you are starting on the lip of a very short roof. Bone Polisher is Hobo slang for a mean dog....[more]   Browse More Classics in MN


Photos of ALC (Alternative Living Cave) Slideshow Add Photo
Mountain Goats after cleaning up the cave

Mountain Goats after cleaning up the cave

Tyler getting one more climb in

Tyler getting one more climb in

Noah and Tyler

Noah and Tyler

The stove!

The stove!

Zach and the trash.

Zach and the trash.

some of the trash.

some of the trash.

After the cleanup. Nice job guys!

After the cleanup. Nice job guys!


Comments on ALC (Alternative Living Cave) Add Comment
Show which comments —
By Justin Edberg
From: duluth mn
Oct 4, 2010

How can you claim all the FA's on routes you know have been climbed? Ego boost?

By nicros fivten
Oct 4, 2010

I am not speaking for them but maybe because there was a stove and basically a house covering the cave? The FA also draws more attention on MP..

oNE MORE REASON FOR A GUIDEBOOK...

By Zach Chase
From: Duluth, MN
Oct 5, 2010

i know chalk is a good thing...but wow. Thanks to everyone who took the time to clean out the cave. It would have been interesting to see the inhabitants set up. There is so much more potential in the surrounding area as well. pretty sweet.

By Richard C
Oct 5, 2010

Justin, Since we asked the person who first did some of the lines here (that means not all) about names and grades and he said that he cannot remember them, and said it was ok to post them as new FA's, also we cleaned out the cave, cleaned the lines of moss and lose rock (took a full day), and also note that where the first ascentionist stated that he did the line I changed the FA and name to reflect that. Therefore I am going to give credit who ever put in the time and effort to clean the cave and the lines, unless the Jeremy or Luke tells me that they did the line. We are not trying to pad our ego's, but to give some thing back to the climbing world by cleaning the area out and putting it on MP so that everyone can enjoy, and I hope you get out there and enjoy the cave it is really nice, but before you post a comment like you did consider MP comment posting Guideline #1. If you still have an issue with my ethics after reading this write me an email through MP. I am happy to talk to you any time but let's keep the disrespectful comments off MP.

By BIATHLON
From: Duluth Mn
Oct 7, 2010

This is a very cool area. Thanks for all the hard work cleaning this up Rich.

By Zach.Moore
From: Duluth, MN
Oct 10, 2010

Just hit this up today. Thanks for all the work guys! I cleaned a few more holds up also.

I'll get some more pics up in a bit.

By JJ Schlick
Administrator
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Dec 4, 2011

Cool to see the photos, and nice work cleaning out the cave. It was a total mess the first time Luke and I stumbled upon it as well. Funny how history repeats or reflects itself. Always wondered if folks would keep these boulders alive. Good to see they are still delivering the psyche.