Mountain Project: Climbing Minnesota

Submitted By: Glenn Burns on Apr 4, 2006
Administrators: Glenn Burns, Darin Limvere, James Loveridge
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Minnesota, USA

Minnesota, USA (Wikipedia link)

State in the north-central United States.

Borders:
North: Manitoba and Ontario, Canada
East: Lake Superior and Wisconsin
South: Iowa
West: South Dakota and North Dakota

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The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Minnesota:

Nightfall WI4 Ice, 2 pitches, 180 feet Grand Marais Area Ice Climb...

Dance of the Sugar-Plump Faeries 5.8 TR, 1 pitch, 60 feet Tettegouche SP (North Shore... : Shovel Point

The Perfect Crimb 5.9 Sport, 1 pitch, 45 feet Barn Bluff (Red Wing) : Perfect Crimb Area

Scars and Tripes Forever 5.10a Trad, 200 feet Tettegouche SP (North Shore... : Palisade Head

Number 6 a.k.a. The Bulge 5.10a Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 60 feet Interstate SP (Taylors Fall... : Minnesota Strip

Laceration Jam 5.10b R Trad, 3 pitches, 200 feet Tettegouche SP (North Shore... : Palisade Head

Barnburner 5.10d Trad, 1 pitch Barn Bluff (Red Wing) : Winter Wall

Don't bring a knife to a gun fight a.k.a. "Gun Fight" 5.11b Trad, 1 pitch, 105 feet Tettegouche SP (North Shore... : Palisade Head

Birds Of A Feather (AKA Yellow Feather) 5.11c Trad, 75 feet Tettegouche SP (North Shore... : Palisade Head

Suicide Squeeze 5.11c Sport Barn Bluff (Red Wing) : Cyclops Area

Poseidon Adventure 5.11d PG13 Trad, 2 pitches, 80 feet Tettegouche SP (North Shore... : Palisade Head

Work Ethic 5.11d Sport Barn Bluff (Red Wing) : Cyclops Area

Chinese Freedom 5.11d Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet Barn Bluff (Red Wing) : Winter Wall

Sigma 5.12a/b Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet Robinson Park (Sandstone)

Oz - (AKA The Road To Emerald City) 5.12b Trad, 1 pitch, 175 feet Tettegouche SP (North Shore... : Palisade Head

Living All Over Me 5.12b Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet Barn Bluff (Red Wing) : Winter Wall

Mississippi Burning 5.12c Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet Barn Bluff (Red Wing) : Winter Wall

Superior Arete 5.12c TR, 1 pitch, 100 feet Tettegouche SP (North Shore... : Palisade Head

Palisaid 5.13a Trad Tettegouche SP (North Shore... : Palisade Head

Paradigm Shift 5.13a Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet Barn Bluff (Red Wing) : Winter Wall

Featured Route For Minnesota

The Perfect Crimb 5.9 MN : Barn Bluff (Red Wing) : Perfect Crimb Area

Climb up to a small ledge and clip the first bolt. Continue up the dihedral, steming your way to the top on somewhat polished foot holds. A fairly sustained climb, one of the better 5.9s on the bluff. * RCM&W #84, p.131...[more] Browse More Classics in MN

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BETA PHOTO: mn crag map	There is no established climbing at Gooseberry Fal...	Baby woodpeckers at our campsite on Insula Lake in...
Nesting loon on Thomas Lake, Boundary Waters, MN. ...	Sunrise on Thomas Lake, Boundary Waters, MN. July...	Nic climbing at Robinson Park in Sandstone MN
yep theres multi pitch climbing here in mn. me and...	A little blurry, there were 2 of them and they did...

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