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Areas in Minnesota

BC's Wilderness Challenge (BWCAW) 1 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Banning State Park - Bouldering 0 / 0 / 1 / 27 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 27

Barn Bluff (Red Wing) 18 / 132 / 20 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 150

Blue Mounds State Park (Luverne) 85 / 0 / 193 / 128 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 328

Canidae Cliff (Hammond) 0 / 8 / 9 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Cascade River ICE (North Shore) 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Duluth Area (Rock and Ice) 34 / 28 / 47 / 301 / 7 / 1 / 28 / 0 / 390

Ennis Lake (Ely) 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Gooseberry Falls Area ICE (North Shore) 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Grand Marais Area Ice Climbs (North Shore) 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Gunflint Trail 1 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Interstate SP (Taylors Falls) 60 / 0 / 78 / 80 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 152

Jeff's World (MN/CA border) 21 / 103 / 12 / 8 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 134

Kawishiwi River (BWCAW) 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Lake County Road 6 Area (North Shore) 12 / 0 / 23 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

Laurentian Divide Climbing Area 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Louisville Swamp Boulder (S/W Twin Cities Metro, near Shakopee) 0 / 0 / 0 / 25 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 25

Lutsen Resort Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Manitou River ICE (North Shore) 7 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 8

Mankato Area Bouldering (Mankato) 0 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Mankato Area ICE (Mankato) 4 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

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

Plymouth, Endless Wall Traverse 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Quarry Park (St. Cloud) 3 / 6 / 4 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Road Side Boulder, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Sandstone 14 / 38 / 42 / 43 / 12 / 0 / 14 / 0 / 109

Sawmill Creek Dome 0 / 0 / 0 / 67 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 67

Silver Bay, Eleanor Road Side Crag 6 / 0 / 8 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Silver Creek Tunnel Area (North Shore) 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Stillwater Ice (Stillwater) 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

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

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

Temperance River SP (North Shore) 4 / 0 / 25 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 32

Tettegouche SP (North Shore) 75 / 4 / 57 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 95

Twin Cities Ice (MSP/STP) 8 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 14 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 14

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

Winona Ice Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Winona, Sugar Loaf 0 / 33 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34

Wolf Ridge ELC Area (North Shore) 13 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

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Minnesota, USA

Minnesota: Climbing with a view.
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:
Explore Minnesota
Minnesota Climbers Association (MCA) - Access Fund Local Affiliate
Minnesota Climbing (forum)
Minnesota Department 0f Natural Resources
Minnesota State Highway Map
Duluth Climbers Coalition

Kraig Decker's website -- lots of useful info about rock and ice climbing in Duluth area.

Minnesota Rock Climbing Guide Books

Rock Climbing Minnesota and Wisconsin. ;qid=1368458060&sr=8-1&keywords=climbing+minnesota 2nd edition by Mike Farris
PRAIRIE WALLS: A Climbers Guide to Minnesota's Blue Mounds State Park by Don Hynek and Eric Landmann
Midwest Bouldering Guide by Nick O.
Peter's guide to Duluth Bouldering
North Shore Adventures: The Best Hiking, Biking, and Paddling from Duluth to Grand Portage by Katie Berg has a select section on choice climbs in Northern MN (in addition to other adventure sports on the North Shore)

Climbing Gyms and Indoor Walls

Albert Lea
Albert Lea Rock Gym
Bemidji
Bemidji State University Climbing Wall
Bloomington
Bloomington: REI - Pinnacle Wall
Duluth
Vertical Endeavours
College of Scholastica
University of Minnesota Duluth Climbing Walls (North Shore and Inland Walls)
Eagan
Life Time Fitness Club Climbing Wall
Minneapolis
Vertical Endeavours
Minnesota Climbing Co-Op
Midwest Mountaineering (bouldering wall)
Plymouth
Life Time Fitness Club Climbing Wall
Prior Lake
Dakotah! Sport and Fitness Rock Wall
Rochester
Prairie Walls
Roca
St. Paul
Vertical Endeavours
University of Minnesota Climbing Wall (members only)
Winona
Winona State University Climbing Center (open to public)
Bloomington
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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.

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 95 ● Dance of the Sugar-Plump Faeries TR Tettegouche SP… > Shovel Point
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 194 ● Looking for Lust Sport Barn Bluff (Red… > Annadonia Area
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 170 ● The Perfect Crimb Sport Barn Bluff (Red… > Perfect Crimb Area
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 93 ● Phantom Crack Trad, TR Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 98 ● Bluebells Trad, TR Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 121 ● Number 6 a.k.a. The Bulge Trad, TR Interstate SP (… > Minnesota Strip
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 148 ● Frequent Flatulence Sport Barn Bluff (Red… > New Vice Area
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 71 ● Rapprochement Trad, TR Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.11- 6c 22 VIII+ 22 E3 5c 138 ● Roof Burner Sport Barn Bluff (Red… > E End
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 99 ● Annadonia Sport Barn Bluff (Red… > Annadonia Area
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a 114 ● Suicide Squeeze Sport Barn Bluff (Red… > Cyclops Area
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 92 ● Chinese Freedom Sport Barn Bluff (Red… > Winter Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 79 ● Advanced Birding Sport Barn Bluff (Red… > Perfect Crimb Area
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 102 ● Work Ethic Sport Barn Bluff (Red… > Cyclops Area
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a 68 ● Sigma Sport Sandstone > Robinson Park > Sigma Wall