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Elevation: 3,973 ft 1,211 m
GPS: 44.46644, -103.83985
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The Top Shelf is an incredible rock climbing area just outside of Spearfish. It boasts well over a dozen routes that qualify as being short, bouldery, power-endurance test pieces. With a difficulty spectrum that falls between fine nine minus and five thirteen plus, many classics for their respective grades reside at this BRAND NEW and slightly hard to access hardman's crag. It faces SSW so can be prime in colder (i.e. winter) weather when the sun touches the rock if there is minimal Southerly or Westerly winds. 

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This hard-to-find crag is best found with some help. It's located about 10 minutes up canyon from Spearfish, above a water intake dam (for Spearfish's Hydropower). A fifth-class scramble, to a short wall - three hundred feet above the canyon floor - plus a spicy repel to exit, makes for an interesting session of climbing where the whole day is the crux.

Approximate Coordinates for Wall:

(44.436620, -103.874909)

Approximate Coordinates for Scramble:

(44.436218,-103.874711)

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Classic Climbing Routes at The Top Shelf

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
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5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
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Details: SSW facing wall best climbed in colder weather after 10 am. Or in the shady morning in warmer weather.

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