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Minnesota Climbing

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Areas in Minnesota

Banning State Park - Bouldering 0 / 0 / 1 / 29 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 29

BC's Wilderness Challenge (BWCAW) 1 / 0 / 4 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Black Beach Island 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Blue Mounds State Park (Luverne) 86 / 0 / 198 / 139 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 344

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

Cascade River ICE (North Shore) 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Duluth Area 35 / 31 / 65 / 376 / 7 / 1 / 31 / 0 / 480

Ely Area 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

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 / 4 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Hastings Pit, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Interstate SP (Taylors Falls) 62 / 0 / 82 / 97 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 174

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

Laurentian Divide Climbing Area 1 / 0 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Louisville Swamp Boulder (S/W Twin Cities Metro, near Shakopee) 0 / 0 / 0 / 32 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 32

Lutsen Resort Bouldering 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

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

Mankato Area Bouldering (Mankato) 0 / 0 / 0 / 24 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24

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

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

Nicollet Island 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Nothing New Under the Sun - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Oberg Mountain 1 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 4

Old - Stillwater Ice 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Quarry Park (St. Cloud) 3 / 6 / 7 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Red Wing (a.k.a. He Mni Can, Barn Bluff) 18 / 138 / 20 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 157

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

Sandstone 14 / 38 / 52 / 56 / 13 / 0 / 16 / 0 / 129

Sawmill Creek Dome 0 / 0 / 0 / 74 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 74

Silver Bay Ice 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 2

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

Silver Creek Tunnel Area (North Shore) 14 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 21

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 / 26 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 33

Tettegouche SP (North Shore) 86 / 4 / 66 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 106

Tomahawk Road 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

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

Vicksburg County Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

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 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Winona, Sugar Loaf 0 / 35 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 37

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. Ted Kryzer on Mack the Knife, Palisade Head.
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 by Katie Berg and Angie Jacobsen. Published July 2022.

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

A Field Guide to MN Bouldering published by Carvonzija, LLC

MN/WI | Midwest Bouldering Guidebooks published by Carvonzija, LLC

Peter's guide to Duluth Bouldering

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)

"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

Albert Lea

Albert Lea Rock Gym

Bemidji

Bemidji State University Climbing Wall

Bloomington

Bloomington: REI - Pinnacle Wall;avad=36495_f8b0280e&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rei.com%2Fstores%2Fbloomington%2Fpinnacle.html%3Fcm_mmc%3Daff_AL-_-28559-_-36495-_-NA%26avad%3D36495_f8b0280e&avad=36495_f8b0280e

Duluth

Vertical Endeavours

College of Scholastica

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

Duluth Climbing and Fitness sites.google.com/duluthclim…

Minneapolis

Vertical Endeavours

Minnesota Climbing Co-op

Midwest Mountaineering (bouldering wall)

Minneapolis Bouldering Project

Mankato

Minnesota State University, Mankato Climbing Wall

Plymouth

Life Time Fitness Club Climbing Wall

Prior Lake

Dakotah! Sport and Fitness Rock Wall

Rochester

Roca

St. Paul

Vertical Endeavours

University of Minnesota Climbing Wall (members only)

Winona

Winona State University Climbing Center (open to public)

Bloomington

http://verticalendeavors.com/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 118 ● Dance of the Sugar-Plum Faeries TR Tettegouche SP… > Shovel Point
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c 87 ● Superior Crack Trad, TR Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 158 ● Number 6 a.k.a. The Bulge Trad, TR Interstate SP (… > Minnesota Strip
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 185 ● Frequent Flatulence Sport Red Wing (a.k.a… > New Vice Area
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 75 ● Scars and Tripes Forever Trad Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 95 ● Rapprochement Trad, TR Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 112 ● Compromises Sport, TR Sandstone > Robinson Park > Relationship Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 78 ● Urge to Mate Trad, TR Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 180 ● Roof Burner Sport Red Wing (a.k.a… > E End
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c 110 ● Quick Draw Moves to Hollywood Sport Red Wing (a.k.a… > Large Roof Area
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 80 ● Adoption Sport, TR Sandstone > Robinson Park > Relationship Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 119 ● Chinese Freedom Sport Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 112 ● Advanced Birding Sport Red Wing (a.k.a… > Perfect Crimb Area
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 142 ● Work Ethic Sport Red Wing (a.k.a… > Cyclops Area
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a 99 ● Sigma Sport Sandstone > Robinson Park > Sigma Wall