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Elevation: 5,190 ft
GPS: 43.88751, -103.47016
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Shared By: Mikel Madsen on Feb 1, 2015
Admins: Peter Gram, Greg Parker, Mikel Madsen, Mark Rafferty
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The Trash Can Boulders are a nice cluster of blocks located right off the parking lot and camping of Wrinkled Rock area in Rushmore. Once parked these blocks take less than a minute to get to. A great area to warm up or end the day having fun. Easy problems to hard man problems exist with everything in between also.
Problems to check out are:
WARM UP-V1*** --FIVE ALIVE BOULDER
FIVE ALIVE V4*** -- FIVE ALIVE BOULDER
TRASH CAN RIGHT, MIDDLE V7/V8***- THE TRASH CAN BOULDER
HEAVY BREATHING V5** -HEAVY BREATHING BLOCK
LITTLE FALL GUY V3/V4** - HEAVY BREATHING BLOCK
HIRSCH'S V5*** - HEAVY BREATHING BLOCK

Getting There Suggest change

PARK AT WRINKLED ROCK CAMPGROUND YOU WILL SEE THE BLOCKS.

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