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Classic Climbs for Minnesota

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All Routes Trad Sport Boulder Ice / Mixed
WI4
 33
● Nightfall
Ice 2 pitches
Grand Marais Area Ice…
WI5 M5
 13
● I) The Chimney
Sport, TR, Mixed, Ice
Duluth Area > Casket Quarry (ICE/MI…
M7-
 16
● E) Deer Bait
Sport, Mixed
Duluth Area > Casket Quarry (ICE/MI…
M6-7
 11
● L) Martini
Sport, Mixed
Duluth Area > Casket Quarry (ICE/MI…
V1 5
 91
● Way To Blue
Boulder
Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
V2 5+
 35
● Double Rainbow
Boulder
Duluth Area > Ely's Peak Boul… > Bluff Boulder
V2+ 5+
 51
● Mike's Lunge
Boulder
Sandstone > Eldon
V2-3 5+
 17
● XMen
Boulder
Duluth Area > Piedmont roadsi… > Lower Wall
V3 6A
 69
● The Prow
Boulder
Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
V4 6B PG13
 14
● Friction Fighter
Boulder
Duluth Area > Little Foxx Canyon > N Little Foxx
V4 6B
 24
● Lunge or Plunge
Boulder
Interstate SP (… > Interstate SP B… > Slicksides Pit
V4 6B
 37
● B2 Bomber
Boulder
Interstate SP (… > Interstate SP B… > Boonyards aka The B2 Pit
V4 6B
 12
● Lip Sync
Boulder
Blue Mounds SP… > Bouldering @ Bl… > E Quarry Boulder
V4-5 6B+
 11
● Chump Unknown
Boulder
Duluth Area > First Street Boulder
V5 6C
 16
● Perseus
Boulder
Blue Mounds SP… > Bouldering @ Bl… > Quarry Boulder
V5 6C
 65
● Best Boulder in Minnesota
Boulder
Sandstone > Eldon
V6 7A
 29
● [Redacted]
Boulder
Sandstone > Eldon
V6 7A
 42
● The Nose Thing
Boulder
Sandstone > Eldon
V6+ 7A
 11
● Pieta
Boulder
Blue Mounds SP… > Bouldering @ Bl… > Quarry Boulder
V6-7 7A+
 33
● Sticky Icky
Boulder
Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
V7 7A+
 20
● Payback
Boulder
Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
V7 7A+
 24
● Lukewarm Persistance
Boulder
Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
V7 7A+
 27
● The Raven Stand
Boulder
Sandstone > Eldon
V7+ 7A+
 30
● Counselor Moon
Boulder
Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
V8 7B
 24
● The Woodpecker
Boulder
Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
V10 7C+
 17
● Tengo De La Muerte
Boulder
Sandstone > Eldon
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 146
● Dance of the Sugar-Plum Faeries
TR
Tettegouche SP… > Shovel Point
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 16
● 16
TR
Temperance Rive… > Carlton Peak > S Buttress
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 11
● Afghanistan Bananastand
Trad, TR
Lake County Rd… > Sawmill Creek Dome > Central Rocks
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 33
● Crooked Hillary
Sport
Silver Creek Tu… > Silver Creek Tunnel Rock
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 40
● Rubble Trouble Direct
Trad
Lake County Rd… > Section 13
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 13
● Arrowhead Direct
TR
Lake County Rd… > Section 13
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 16
● Birch Flakes
Trad, TR
Lake County Rd… > Sawmill Creek Dome > Central Rocks
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 14
● Kanaranzi Right
TR
Blue Mounds SP… > N Quarry Area > Kanaranzi Buttress (E…
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 27
● Yamadori [CURRENTLY CLOSED]
Trad, TR
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 180
● Number 6 a.k.a. The Bulge
Trad, TR
Interstate SP (… > Minnesota Strip
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 38
● Running Scared
Sport
Winona, Sugar Loaf
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 76
● Gold Plated
TR
Tettegouche SP… > Shovel Point
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
 54
● Laceration Jam
Trad 3 pitches
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 92
● Scars and Tripes Forever
Trad, TR
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 118
● Rapprochement
Trad, TR
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 100
● Urge to Mate
Trad, TR
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 14
● Oath of Fealty
Trad, TR
Blue Mounds SP… > N Quarry Area > Bison Buttress
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 12
● Black Feather
Trad, TR
Duluth Area > Point O' Rocks
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 11
● Gargoyle
Sport, Alpine
MN/Canada Borde… > Onishishin > Jeff's World (Proper)
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 66
● A Feathery Tong
Trad, TR
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 11
● Purgatory
Trad, TR
Blue Mounds SP… > N Quarry Area > Kanaranzi Buttress (E…
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 21
● Digit Damage
Trad, TR
Lake County Rd… > Section 13
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 25
● Sacred Biscuit
TR
Tettegouche SP… > Shovel Point
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
 12
● Silver Slab
Sport
Silver Creek Tu… > Silver Creek Tunnel Rock
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 73
● Hidden Treasure
Trad, TR
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 84
● Don't bring a knife to a gun fig…
Trad
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
 13
● The Layback
TR
Blue Mounds SP… > N Quarry Area > Kanaranzi Buttress (S…
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 106
● Adoption
Sport, TR
Sandstone > Robinson Park > Relationship Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 139
● Chinese Freedom
Sport
Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 123
● Advanced Birding
Sport
Red Wing (a.k.a… > Perfect Crimb Area
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 73
● Arachnid Tendencies
Sport
Red Wing (a.k.a… > Large Roof Area
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13
 73
● Poseidon Adventure
Trad 2 pitches
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 42
● Mr. Lean
Trad, TR
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 16
● Narcoleptic Epic
Trad, TR
Tettegouche SP… > Shovel Point
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 170
● Work Ethic
Sport
Red Wing (a.k.a… > Cyclops Area
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 45
● Soli Deo Gloria
Trad, TR
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R
 18
● Sunny and Sheer
Trad, TR
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 15
● Sierra Madre
Sport
Red Wing (a.k.a… > Large Roof Area
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a V4 6B
 11
● Lunge or Plunge
Trad, TR, Boulder
Interstate SP (… > Pot Holes Area
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
 92
● Preemptive Strike
Sport
Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
 124
● Sigma
Sport
Sandstone > Robinson Park > Sigma Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 79
● Living All Over Me
Sport
Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 39
● Oz - (AKA The Road To Emerald City)
Trad
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 59
● Mississippi
Sport
Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 47
● Femme Fatale
Sport, TR
Red Wing (a.k.a… > Annadonia Area
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b R
 21
● Superior Arete
Trad, TR
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 15
● Light My Fire
Sport
Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 21
● Harvest Moon
Sport
Sandstone > Robinson Park > Relationship Wall
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 41
● Paradigm Shift
Sport
Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 23
● Palisaid
Trad, TR
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 36
● Nexus
Sport
Sandstone > Robinson Park > Sigma Wall
5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c
 11
● Happy Happy, Joy Joy
Sport
Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
 13
● NSP
Sport
Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Nightfall Grand Marais Area Ice…
 33
WI4 Ice 2 pitches
● I) The Chimney Duluth Area > Casket Quarry (ICE/MI…
 13
WI5 M5 Sport, TR, Mixed, Ice
● E) Deer Bait Duluth Area > Casket Quarry (ICE/MI…
 16
M7- Sport, Mixed
● L) Martini Duluth Area > Casket Quarry (ICE/MI…
 11
M6-7 Sport, Mixed
● Way To Blue Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
 91
V1 5 Boulder
● Double Rainbow Duluth Area > Ely's Peak Boul… > Bluff Boulder
 35
V2 5+ Boulder
● Mike's Lunge Sandstone > Eldon
 51
V2+ 5+ Boulder
● XMen Duluth Area > Piedmont roadsi… > Lower Wall
 17
V2-3 5+ Boulder
● The Prow Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
 69
V3 6A Boulder
● Friction Fighter Duluth Area > Little Foxx Canyon > N Little Foxx
 14
V4 6B PG13 Boulder
● Lunge or Plunge Interstate SP (… > Interstate SP B… > Slicksides Pit
 24
V4 6B Boulder
● B2 Bomber Interstate SP (… > Interstate SP B… > Boonyards aka The B2 Pit
 37
V4 6B Boulder
● Lip Sync Blue Mounds SP… > Bouldering @ Bl… > E Quarry Boulder
 12
V4 6B Boulder
● Chump Unknown Duluth Area > First Street Boulder
 11
V4-5 6B+ Boulder
● Perseus Blue Mounds SP… > Bouldering @ Bl… > Quarry Boulder
 16
V5 6C Boulder
● Best Boulder in Minnesota Sandstone > Eldon
 65
V5 6C Boulder
● [Redacted] Sandstone > Eldon
 29
V6 7A Boulder
● The Nose Thing Sandstone > Eldon
 42
V6 7A Boulder
● Pieta Blue Mounds SP… > Bouldering @ Bl… > Quarry Boulder
 11
V6+ 7A Boulder
● Sticky Icky Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
 33
V6-7 7A+ Boulder
● Payback Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
 20
V7 7A+ Boulder
● Lukewarm Persistance Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
 24
V7 7A+ Boulder
● The Raven Stand Sandstone > Eldon
 27
V7 7A+ Boulder
● Counselor Moon Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
 30
V7+ 7A+ Boulder
● The Woodpecker Sawmill Creek Dome > Picnic Rock
 24
V8 7B Boulder
● Tengo De La Muerte Sandstone > Eldon
 17
V10 7C+ Boulder
● Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fae… Tettegouche SP… > Shovel Point
 146
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c TR
● 16 Temperance Rive… > Carlton Peak > S Buttress
 16
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c TR
● Afghanistan Bananastand Lake County Rd… > Sawmill Creek Dome > Central Rocks
 11
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad, TR
● Crooked Hillary Silver Creek Tu… > Silver Creek Tunnel Rock
 33
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport
● Rubble Trouble Direct Lake County Rd… > Section 13
 40
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad
● Arrowhead Direct Lake County Rd… > Section 13
 13
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a TR
● Birch Flakes Lake County Rd… > Sawmill Creek Dome > Central Rocks
 16
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad, TR
● Kanaranzi Right Blue Mounds SP… > N Quarry Area > Kanaranzi Buttress (E…
 14
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a TR
● Yamadori [CURRENTLY CLOSED] Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 27
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad, TR
● Number 6 a.k.a. The Bulge Interstate SP (… > Minnesota Strip
 180
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad, TR
● Running Scared Winona, Sugar Loaf
 38
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
● Gold Plated Tettegouche SP… > Shovel Point
 76
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b TR
● Laceration Jam Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 54
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R Trad 3 pitches
● Scars and Tripes Forever Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 92
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad, TR
● Rapprochement Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 118
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad, TR
● Urge to Mate Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 100
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad, TR
● Oath of Fealty Blue Mounds SP… > N Quarry Area > Bison Buttress
 14
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad, TR
● Black Feather Duluth Area > Point O' Rocks
 12
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad, TR
● Gargoyle MN/Canada Borde… > Onishishin > Jeff's World (Proper)
 11
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Sport, Alpine
● A Feathery Tong Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 66
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad, TR
● Purgatory Blue Mounds SP… > N Quarry Area > Kanaranzi Buttress (E…
 11
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad, TR
● Digit Damage Lake County Rd… > Section 13
 21
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad, TR
● Sacred Biscuit Tettegouche SP… > Shovel Point
 25
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c TR
● Silver Slab Silver Creek Tu… > Silver Creek Tunnel Rock
 12
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c Sport
● Hidden Treasure Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 73
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Trad, TR
● Don't bring a knife to a gu… Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 84
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Trad
● The Layback Blue Mounds SP… > N Quarry Area > Kanaranzi Buttress (S…
 13
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c TR
● Adoption Sandstone > Robinson Park > Relationship Wall
 106
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport, TR
● Chinese Freedom Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
 139
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
● Advanced Birding Red Wing (a.k.a… > Perfect Crimb Area
 123
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
● Arachnid Tendencies Red Wing (a.k.a… > Large Roof Area
 73
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
● Poseidon Adventure Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 73
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13 Trad 2 pitches
● Mr. Lean Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 42
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Trad, TR
● Narcoleptic Epic Tettegouche SP… > Shovel Point
 16
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Trad, TR
● Work Ethic Red Wing (a.k.a… > Cyclops Area
 170
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
● Soli Deo Gloria Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 45
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Trad, TR
● Sunny and Sheer Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 18
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R Trad, TR
● Sierra Madre Red Wing (a.k.a… > Large Roof Area
 15
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
● Lunge or Plunge Interstate SP (… > Pot Holes Area
 11
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a V4 6B Trad, TR, Boulder
● Preemptive Strike Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
 92
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a Sport
● Sigma Sandstone > Robinson Park > Sigma Wall
 124
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a Sport
● Living All Over Me Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
 79
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
● Oz - (AKA The Road To Emera… Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 39
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Trad
● Mississippi Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
 59
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport
● Femme Fatale Red Wing (a.k.a… > Annadonia Area
 47
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport, TR
● Superior Arete Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 21
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b R Trad, TR
● Light My Fire Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
 15
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
● Harvest Moon Sandstone > Robinson Park > Relationship Wall
 21
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
● Paradigm Shift Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
 41
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
● Palisaid Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 23
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Trad, TR
● Nexus Sandstone > Robinson Park > Sigma Wall
 36
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
● Happy Happy, Joy Joy Tettegouche SP… > Palisade Head
 11
5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c Sport
● NSP Red Wing (a.k.a… > Winter Wall
 13
5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c Sport

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