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DescriptionRight of the Cyclops Area, another south facing wall of the bluff. This area is facing the sun and climbable on warm/dry winter days. Aptly named as the Winter Wall. Getting ThereFollow the main trail up to where it T's. When you see the wall, look for the obvious thin crack which is BarnBurner. This is the right end of the Winter Wall. This area extends about 250' feet west (left) to the scree pile. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Winter Wall:
Jump Start 5.10a Sport, 1 pitch
Foreign Affairs 5.10c/d Sport, 1 pitch
New Kids on the Rock 5.10d Sport
Barnburner 5.10d Trad, 1 pitch
Jump to Something Good 5.11b Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet
A Drilling Experience 5.11b Sport
Relentless 5.11 Trad, TR, 1 pitch
The Go Between 5.11c Sport, 1 pitch
The Itch 5.11+ Sport, 1 pitch
Chinese Freedom 5.11d Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet
Kelly's Arete 5.12a Sport, 30 feet
Start of Something Good 5.12a Sport, 1 pitch
Living All Over Me 5.12b Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet
Preemptive Strike 5.12b Sport, 1 pitch
Mississippi Burning 5.12c Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet
Light My Fire 5.12c/d Sport
Rock Pigs 5.12c/d Sport
Super High Tech Jetfighter 5.12d Sport, 1 pitch, 35 feet
Paradigm Shift 5.13a Sport, 1 pitch, 75 feet
NSP 5.13c Sport
Featured Route For Winter Wall
Chinese Freedom 5.11d MN : Barn Bluff (Red Wing) : Winter Wall
Chinese Freedom is one of the best climbs at Red Wing, offering great technical climbing, bomber rock(for MN dolomite, that is), and two back to back cruxes that couldn't be more different in character. Twenty feet of crimpy climbing brings you to the cruxes. The first is a delicate, improbable cross through off a flat undercling sloper. The sloper can't really be grasped, just pushed up on by standing up, and crossing through seems ridiculous until you finally commit and go for it. Many p...[more] Browse More Classics in MN |