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// Rock climbing · South Dakota

Climbing at Iron Mountain

63 routes on 5 walls, 5.5–5.13a. In South Dakota. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
63
Walls
5
Grades
5.5–5.13a
Rock
Schist
Style
Sport · Trad
Best season (estimated)
April–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.5 to 5.13a. Half are between 5.9 and 5.11c.

Each climb counts at its grade; ungraded ones are left out. In the app you can switch to French, UIAA, British or Font grades.

// The walls

Sun and shade

Mostly south-facing: sun for much of the day. A winter crag; in summer, go early or late.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast1 sectorSouth0 sectorsSouthwest2 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest2 sectors

Estimated best season: April–June · September–October. Worked out from each wall's aspect and the latitude; the app fine-tunes it with what climbers log.

Friction ScoreHow the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall. In the app, for every crag on the map. See it in the app →ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

// Walls

The 5 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01The Big GashSW · 240° · 5.9–5.12b24 routes
02Rubiks RidgeNW · 334° · 5.5–5.13a11 routes
03Turtle DomeSW · 247° · 5.9–5.13a11 routes
04New DomentionsNW · 297° · 5.7–5.11d9 routes
05SledgehammerSE · 117° · 5.7–5.13a8 routes

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

// Nearby

Crags nearby

// The Friction Score for every crag

Climb more. Guess less.

When the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall; topos, your logbook and people to climb with. In your units (°F or °C) and your grades (YDS or French). The social side is free, always.

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