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// Rock climbing · South Dakota

Climbing at Palisades State Park Bouldering

31 boulders on 10 walls, V0+–V5. In South Dakota. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
31
Walls
10
Grades
V0+–V5
Rock
Quartzite
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
April–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0+ to V5. Half are between V2 and V3.

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 north-facing: shade for most of the day. A summer crag; cold in winter.

North3 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest1 sectorWest0 sectorsNorthwest6 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 10 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Bridge BoulderNW · 320° · V1–V58 boulders
02The Pig BouldersNW · 323° · V1–V46 boulders
03Positron BoulderingNW · 306° · V0+–V34 boulders
04The Playground BoulderSW · 244° · V43 boulders
05The River Boulder aka The ShieldN · 355° · V43 boulders
06A Taste of FontainebleauNW · 324° · V1–V32 boulders
07Katrina BouldersN · 5° · V22 boulders
08Campground Bouldering WallNW · 293°1 route
09Sesame Street BoulderingN · 348° · V21 boulder
10Sink Holes BoulderNW · 307° · V31 boulder

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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