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Grandad Bluff Climbing

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Areas in Grandad Bluff

Adidas Wall 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Bling Bling Wall 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Donkey Punch Wall 0 / 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Dynamite Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

George's Point 1 / 6 / 7 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Hombre Wall 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Linkups 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Meader Wall 0 / 9 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Miner's Boulders, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

Mushroom Wall 1 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Orchard, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Point, The 0 / 4 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Psychobitch Wall 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Quarry wall 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Witches Cauldron 0 / 4 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Elevation:	1,014 ft
GPS:	43.81119, -91.2101 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
Page Views:	160,188 total · 809/month
Shared By:	Travis Melin on Jun 22, 2007 · Updates
Admins:	Doug Hemken, James Schroeder, chris tregge Page Updates (admin only)

Description

Grandad Bluff City Park was opened for climbing in 2020 by changes to the City Ordinance and the addition of a hiking & biking trail system on the bluff. The city park host 50 plus bolted routes with glue-in bolts and established anchors to lower. Grades range from 5.6 to 5.13 and all sport bolted.

Climbing access is permitted from the established trails and bottom-up, no top access for dropping top ropes is allowed. Six climbing areas can be accessed from the east wall to the south-facing wall via the bike trails.

Meader Wall was established by Dave Groth in the early '90s. Adidas Wall & The Point were added by Arron Stetzer, Fred Skemp, Corey Morris, Steve Tucker, Nate Kutcher, and Travis Melin. The last few years saw the development of Georges Point & Quarry Wall adding more moderate routes.

Please help remove trash and brush routes. Please use the established trails.

Getting There

Up Bliss Road from town, take a right at the Alpine Inn, Grandads Bluff park and Grandmas gateway trail system can be found on google. The climbing area parking lot is the second lot back from the city overlook. A quick walk down the bike trail will allow access to the climbing areas below the parking lot. Please use the established park trail to access the climbing areas,

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Classic Climbing Routes at Grandad Bluff

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

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 61 ● Cockblocker Sport Mushroom Wall
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 86 ● Randalls One Trick Pony Sport Adidas Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 91 ● A.D.I.D.A.S. Sport Adidas Wall
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 72 ● Lather Boy Sport Adidas Wall
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 46 ● Particle Man Sport, TR George's Point
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 65 ● Seven Bolts for Betty Sport, TR Mushroom Wall
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 78 ● Let Your Pimpness Shine Sport Adidas Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 64 ● Patent Pending Sport Meader Wall
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 42 ● Ride the Donkey Sport Donkey Punch Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 34 ● Big Man on Campus Sport Meader Wall
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 62 ● Hawaiian Bill Sport Meader Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 28 ● Nihilist Sport Meader Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 35 ● Pork Tornado Sport Meader Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 46 ● Brown Reason to Live Sport Meader Wall
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 24 ● The Man In The Black Pajamas Sport Meader Wall