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River edge

Wisconsin > Niagara Escarpm… > Lime-Kiln Park

Description

Secluded spot that requires some down climbing to get to. The park closes at 10:00.
It's a pretty area and is cool to be right next to the river. The privacy is really nice here. The river is very loud, however, so if you need to communicate with someone on the bridge, you'll most likely need to yell.

WARNING: the area sadly contains profane graffiti that is mostly inappropriate for young kids so be advised that it may be too much for young children

Getting There

Walk across the bridge and take a right toward the bench, while walking to the bench look to your right and you’ll see a semi-hidden short pathway. Be careful and slow walking up to it because it drops off really quick, grab on to branches as you move down if it helps. (Make Sure To Read The "Leaving There" Section On This Page)!

Leaving There

Getting there is easy enough, you can just toss your pads down, but leaving is more difficult because you need to climb out, so having a plan for getting your pads out of there is important.

The way that I do it is I took about 6-7 feet of paracord and wrapped it around the top latch of my biggest pad(which had the smaller pad already attached to it) and climbed up while holding the rope. Then when I get to the top I'll pull up the pads with the attached rope.

Also, try not to leave at dark because it can be pretty sketchy getting out then.

Routes from Left to Right

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View of Menomonee River and the bridge where you came from to get down
[Hide Photo] View of Menomonee River and the bridge where you came from to get down
Main wall
[Hide Photo] Main wall
View from the bridge
[Hide Photo] View from the bridge
Under the roof, to the right of the wall
[Hide Photo] Under the roof, to the right of the wall
Under the Roof, looking left of the wall
[Hide Photo] Under the Roof, looking left of the wall

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Paul Campbell
Waukesha, WI
[Hide Comment] My cousin John Knoernschild and I did a few problems under the main roof about 10 years ago when I lived in Menomonee Falls. So just a heads up these problems may have been climbed before. Cool that someone else found this obscure little area, so little rock in South East Wisconsin! Dec 17, 2019