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// Rock climbing · South Dakota

Climbing at Palisades State Park

168 routes on 25 walls, 5.1–5.12d. In South Dakota. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

See the Friction Score in the app The grades

Routes

168

Walls

Grades

5.1–5.12d

Rock

Quartzite

Style

Trad · Top rope

Best season (estimated)

April–June · September–October

// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.1 to 5.12d. Half are between 5.7 and 5.9.

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

Walls face several ways: pick the sector for sun or shade at any hour.

North3 sectorsNortheast3 sectorsEast1 sectorSoutheast9 sectorsSouth1 sectorSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest8 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.

South-facing wall

S · aspect 180°

Example

Excellent

★ best at 6 PM

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57°

Temp

41%

Humidity

Wind

Sun

Wall

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 25 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES

01South WallN · 354° · 5.5–5.11a16 routes

02Hobgoblin's HideoutNW · 328° · 5.2–5.915 routes

03Chockstone TowerN · 353° · 5.3–5.12a14 routes

04Harkor TowerN · 1° · 5.4–5.11c13 routes

05King RockE · 81° · 5.2–5.11c10 routes

06RattleSnakeSE · 136° · 5.4–5.10c10 routes

07Swingset CoveSE · 124° · 5.6–5.11a10 routes

08Balancing RockNW · 308° · 5.3–5.11a9 routes

09Split creek cracksNE · 67° · 5.7–5.10d9 routes

10January ClimbSE · 137° · 5.6–5.11c7 routes

11PositronNW · 311° · 5.7–5.12a6 routes

12Queen RockSE · 126° · 5.4–5.10c6 routes

13Shady AcresNW · 307° · 5.1–5.86 routes

14Tower of the GodsNW · 337° · 5.3–5.10c6 routes

15Great North WallS · 182° · 5.6–5.12d4 routes

16Railroad PanoramaSE · 144° · 5.1–5.84 routes

17Sesame Street RocksNW · 323° · 5.8–5.11d4 routes

18Beer TowerSE · 135° · 5.4–5.93 routes

19Bridge RoutesNW · 318° · 5.7–5.93 routes

20Galaxy TowerNW · 307° · 5.6–5.73 routes

21Wounded NogginNE · 67° · 5.93 routes

22Golden ButtressNE · 67° · 5.7–5.10c2 routes

23King Chase RockSE · 151° · 5.6–5.82 routes

24Lone RangerSE · 151° · 5.8–5.10c2 routes

25Never Say NeverSE · 150° · 5.10b1 route

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

// Nearby

Crags nearby

01Scandinavia5.9–5.10c · Quartzite · Top rope0 mi · 2 routes 02Palisades State Park BoulderingV0+–V5 · Quartzite · Bouldering0 mi · 31 boulders 03X-Marks The BoulderV1 · Quartzite · Bouldering0 mi · 4 boulders 04The MWC ( Minne-Wakan Cove) BoulderingV0–V5 · Quartzite · Bouldering0 mi · 10 boulders 05Devils Gulch5.3–5.10c · boulders V0+–V2 · Quartzite · Trad · Bouldering3 mi · 11 routes and boulders 06North Quarry Area5.5–5.12c · boulders V0–V9 · Sandstone · Top rope · Trad14 mi · 68 routes and boulders 07Boulder Area 6V1–V4 · Sandstone · Bouldering16 mi · 6 boulders 08Bur Oak TrailV0+–V4 · Sandstone · Bouldering16 mi · 41 boulders

// 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.