Rock Climbing Minnesota and Wisconsin

by Mike Farris

• ISBN13: 9781560449843
• ISBN10: 1560449845
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: FalconGuides

Summary

Descriptions and maps to over 800 routes at major climbing areas in Minnesota and Wisconsin

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Map Legend	viii
Map of Minnesota and Wisconsin Climbing Areas	ix
Introduction	1	(1)
Access	1	(1)
The Minnesota State Climbing Management Plan	2	(1)
The Wisconsin State Climbing Management Plan	2	(1)
Environmental Ethics	2	(1)
Trees	3	(1)
Safety	4	(3)
Style and Ethics	7	(3)
Climbing Etiquette	10	(1)
To Parents and Kids	10	(2)
Ratings	12	(1)
The Geology of Midwestern Rock Climbing Areas	13	(12)
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Blue Mounds	25	(40)
South Quarry Area	29	(4)
Red Rock Buttress	29	(2)
Wasp Haven Buttress	31	(1)
Sun Drop II Tower	31	(1)
Hidden Buttress	31	(2)
Quarry Corner Buttress	33	(1)
The Quarry	33	(1)
The North Quarry Area	33	(10)
ORC Wall	34	(1)
Two Boulders Buttress	34	(3)
Agony Buttress	37	(1)
Kanaranzi Buttress	37	(1)
South Face	37	(2)
East Face	39	(1)
Little Ranzi Buttress	40	(1)
Flattop Buttress	40	(1)
Tyrannosarus	40	(1)
Bison Buttress	40	(3)
Prairie Walls Area	43	(8)
Tree Ledge Buttress	43	(1)
Boke's Buttress	44	(1)
Yellow Lichen Buttress	44	(1)
Bottom Boulders Buttress	45	(1)
Many Cracks Buttress	45	(1)
Saturday Buttress	46	(1)
Midnight Buttress	47	(1)
Sunday Buttress	48	(1)
Everyday Buttress	49	(1)
Chimney Buttress	49	(2)
Aroma Buttress	51	(1)
Mini Fortress Area	51	(5)
First Fortress	51	(1)
L-Buttress	51	(4)
Spiderbush Buttress	55	(1)
Square Block Buttress	55	(1)
Fortress Wall Buttress	55	(1)
Receding Ramparts	56	(9)
Balancing Rock	56	(1)
Skinny Buttress	56	(1)
C-Buttress	56	(1)
Domestic Pillar	57	(1)
Potpourri Pieces	57	(1)
Table Rock Buttress	58	(3)
Proceeding Buttress	61	(1)
Beginner's Buttress	62	(3)
Devil's Lake	65	(84)
The Eastern Rampart	73	(28)
The Monster	73	(1)
D'Arcy's Wall	73	(2)
Sometime Block	75	(1)
Pedestal Buttress	75	(2)
Gill's Buttress	77	(3)
Brinton's Buttress	80	(5)
Two Pines Buttress	85	(1)
Many Pines Buttress	85	(4)
Moldy Buttress	89	(1)
Bill's Buttress	89	(2)
Rainy Wednesday Tower	91	(3)
Arousal Wall	94	(1)
Pseudo Hawk's Nest	94	(6)
Hawk's Nest	100	(1)
The West Bluff	101	(10)
Cleo Amphitheater	101	(3)
Cleopatra's Needle	104	(3)
Wiessner Wall	107	(4)
Red Wing	111	(32)
The Cyclops Area	115	(2)
The Winter Wall	117	(9)
The East End	126	(1)
Annadonia Area	126	(5)
Perfect Crimb Area	131	(3)
New Vice Area	134	(4)
Large Roof Area	138	(5)
Willow River	143	(6)
Main Amphitheater	144	(3)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	147	(2)
Taylors Falls	149	(40)
Minnesota	152	(20)
Tourist Rocks	155	(1)
The Pit	156	(1)
Potholes Area	157	(1)
Angle Rock	158	(6)
Minnesota Strip	164	(3)
Keyhole Area	167	(1)
Second Overlook Area	167	(3)
Delicate Dihedral Area	170	(2)
Wisconsin	172	(17)
Wisconsin Strip	172	(4)
Rod's Area	176	(1)
Sentinel Area	177	(1)
Indian Head	178	(6)
Boat People Rock	184	(3)
Important: Closed Areas	187	(1)
Picnic Area	187	(2)
The North Shore	189	(6)
Chalk	192	(3)
Elys Peak	195	(6)
Tunnel Bluff, West Face	196	(1)
Northwestern Bluff	197	(4)
Palisade Head	201	(24)
The Bump on the Head	206	(1)
The South Annex	206	(1)
The Southern Ramparts	207	(4)
The Amphitheater	211	(3)
The Central Ramparts	214	(3)
The Northern Ramparts	217	(8)
Shovel Point	225	(12)
Mystical Mountain Zone	237	(12)
Wolf Lake Set	239	(2)
Mystical Mountain	241	(6)
Mystical Mountain West	241	(3)
Mystical Mountain South	244	(3)
Jericho Wall	247	(2)
Lake County Road 6 Areas	249	(12)
Sawmill Creek Dome	251	(4)
Northeast Section	251	(1)
Central Section	252	(1)
West Section	253	(2)
Section 13	255	(6)
Carlton Peak	261	(11)
West Face	263	(3)
South Buttress	266	(4)
South Face	270	(2)
APPENDIXES	272	(8)
Appendix A: Climbing Shops, Etc.	272	(2)
Appendix B: Suggested Leads	274	(1)
Appendix C: The Minnesota Climbing Management Plan	275	(5)
Index	280	(13)
About the Author	293