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Chopping Block Climbing
Areas in Chopping Block
Butcher's Hand, The
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Chopping Block
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Cleaver
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Gnome Hat Arete
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Lightning Bolt
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Meat Counter
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North Park
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Pine Tree Rock
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Razorback
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Shrub, The
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Stinger
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Three Amigos Boulder
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Ugly Duckling Boulder
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Veiny
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Wrinkled Rock
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| Elevation: | 5,281 ft |
| GPS: |
43.8856, -103.4696 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
| Page Views: | 128,084 total · 503/month |
| Shared By: | Andrew Gram on Jun 24, 2002 |
| Admins: | Peter Gram, Greg Parker, Mikel Madsen, Mark Rafferty |
Description
Chopping Block doesn't have as many cool spires as South Seas or the Middle Marker area, but makes up for it with a good concentration of difficult routes and some good moderates on the long one pitch blocks. Like most places in the Needles, topropes are hard to come by, but nearly all the routes are good safe bolted routes so have at it.
Must do classics include Valdez Overhang, Baba Cool, Wisconsin Beef, Meat is Murder, Wrinkle in Time
Must do classics include Valdez Overhang, Baba Cool, Wisconsin Beef, Meat is Murder, Wrinkle in Time
Getting There
Chopping Block is directly across the road from South Seas. Wrinkled Rock is the big hulking formation on the right and holds Rushmore's hardest, a 13d/14a. Most other formations are accessed by hanging a left after reaching the top of the hill, but some obscure routes are on the right.
Classic Climbing Routes at Chopping Block
Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
| Route Name | Location | Star Rating | Difficulty | Date |
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| ● Ugly Duckling | Ugly Duckling Boulder |
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V3 6A Boulder | |
| ● Vise Grips | Ugly Duckling Boulder |
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V7 7A+ Boulder | |
| ● Fintastic | N Park > Veiny |
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5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport | |
| ● Buddha Boys | Veiny |
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5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport | |
| ● Just Jugs | N Park > Veiny |
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5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport | |
| ● Valdez Overhang | Chopping Block |
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport, TR | |
| ● Evergreen | Pine Tree Rock |
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5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport | |
| ● Baba Cool | Chopping Block |
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5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport | |
| ● Hail Betty | Veiny |
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5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport | |
| ● Emergency Snow Route | Pine Tree Rock |
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5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport | |
| ● Static Cling | Lightning Bolt |
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5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport | |
| ● Meat is Murder | Chopping Block |
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5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport | |
| ● A Wrinkle In Time | Wrinkled Rock |
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5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Sport | |
| ● Twelve White Sticks | Chopping Block |
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5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport | |
| ● Slang | Shrub |
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5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport |
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