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Minnesota Climbing

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Areas in Minnesota

Banning State Park - Bouldering 0 / 0 / 1 / 30 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 30

Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Blue Mounds State Park (Luverne) 88 / 0 / 202 / 166 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 375

Canidae Cliff (Hammond) 0 / 15 / 9 / 29 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 51

CLOSED Swede's Forest Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 56 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 56

Duluth Area 38 / 42 / 71 / 458 / 7 / 1 / 33 / 0 / 575

Ely Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Gunflint Trail 2 / 0 / 8 / 43 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 51

Hastings Pit, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Interstate SP (Taylors Falls) 77 / 0 / 93 / 119 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 208

Laurentian Divide Climbing Area 5 / 0 / 8 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Louisville Swamp Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 36 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 36

Mankato Area Bouldering (Mankato) 0 / 0 / 1 / 28 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 29

Mankato Area ICE (Mankato) 4 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Memorial Park (Red Wing) 0 / 4 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Mill Park (Little Falls) 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

MN/Canada Border Areas 21 / 103 / 12 / 8 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 134 / 134

North Shore Ice 16 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 25 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 27

North Shore Rock 165 / 44 / 158 / 101 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 362

Quarry Park (St. Cloud) 3 / 6 / 8 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17

Red Wing (a.k.a. He Mni Can, Barn Bluff) 18 / 146 / 21 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 167

Sandstone 14 / 45 / 56 / 70 / 17 / 0 / 17 / 0 / 151

Split Rock Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Stillwater 1 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Stockton Train Bridge Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Twin Cities Ice (MSP/STP) 8 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 15 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 15

Twin Cities Rock 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Uff Da Narrows Bemidji 0 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

WAZ Boulders (Rochester), The 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Winona Downtown Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Winona Ice Park 4 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Winona, Sugar Loaf 0 / 41 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 42

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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

Web Links

Useful links about Minnesota and rock climbing in Minnesota:

American Alpine Club Twin Cities Chapter

Minnesota Climbers Association (MCA) - Access Fund Local Affiliate

Duluth Climbers Coalition

Explore Minnesota

Minnesota Department 0f Natural Resources

Minnesota State Highway Map

Minnesota Rock Climbing Guide Books

MN/WI | Midwest Bouldering Guidebooks Ed. 2 published by Carvonzija, LLC 2023

Rock Climbing Minnesota by Katie Berg and Angie Jacobsen. Published July 2022.

North Shore Adventures: The Best Hiking, Biking, and Paddling from Duluth to Grand Portage by Katie Berg. This book contains a selection of choice climbs in Northern MN (in addition to other adventure sports on the North Shore)

Rock Climbing Minnesota and Wisconsin by Mike Farris

PRAIRIE WALLS: A Climbers Guide to Minnesota's Blue Mounds State Park by Don Hynek and Eric Landmann

MN/WI | Midwest Bouldering Guidebooks Ed. 1 published by Carvonzija, LLC 2017

A Field Guide to MN Bouldering Ed. 1 published by Carvonzija, LLC 2013

Peter's guide to Duluth Bouldering

"Midwest Mountaineering's Taylors Falls Climbing Guide" Authors Swenson, Roberts and Schmidt. Out of print. Pamphlet form skeletal guide. In print from sometime in the 1970's to the early 1980's.

"Close to the Edge, Down by the River" A Climbers Guide to Interstate Park. Authors Peter VonGrossmann and Peter Scott. 1st edition 1988. 2nd edition 1989. Out of print.

Climbing Gyms and Indoor Walls

Bloomington

Vertical Endeavors

REI - Pinnacle Climbing Wall

Duluth

Vertical Endeavours

College of Scholastica

University of Minnesota Duluth Climbing Walls (North Shore and Inland Walls)

Minneapolis

Vertical Endeavours

Minnesota Climbing Co-op

Minneapolis Bouldering Project

Mankato

Minnesota State University, Mankato Climbing Wall

Rochester

Roca

St. Paul

Vertical Endeavours

Winona

Winona State University Climbing Center (open to public)

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Classic Climbing Routes at Minnesota

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V1 5 105 ● Way To Blue Boulder N Shore Rock > Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 154 ● Dance of the Sugar-Plum Faeries TR N Shore Rock > Tettegouche SP… > Shovel Point
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 191 ● Number 6 a.k.a. The Bulge Trad, TR Interstate SP (… > Minnesota Strip
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 95 ● Scars and Tripes Forever Trad, TR N Shore Rock > Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 128 ● Rapprochement Trad, TR N Shore Rock > Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 109 ● Urge to Mate Trad, TR N Shore Rock > Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 89 ● Don't bring a knife to a gun fig… Trad N Shore Rock > Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 115 ● Adoption Sport, TR Sandstone > Robinson Park > Relationship Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 147 ● Chinese Freedom Sport Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 130 ● Advanced Birding Sport Red Wing (a.k.a… > Perfect Crimb Area
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13 79 ● Poseidon Adventure Trad 2 pitches N Shore Rock > Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 180 ● Work Ethic Sport Red Wing (a.k.a… > Cyclops Area
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a 98 ● Preemptive Strike Sport Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a 129 ● Sigma Sport Sandstone > Robinson Park > Sigma Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 84 ● Living All Over Me Sport Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall