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Classic Climbs for Mount Rushmore National Memorial

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V3 6A
 20
The Hurt Locker
Boulder
V3 6A
 6
Bens ArĂȘte
Boulder
V3 6A
 19
The Cavity
Boulder
V3 6A
 22
Ugly Duckling
Boulder
V3 6A
 21
Don't Get Lippy
Boulder
V3 6A
 23
Bad Music
Boulder
V4 6B
 13
Jumper
Boulder
V4 6B
 18
Jaba
Boulder
V4 6B
 20
Five Alive
Boulder
V4 6B
 19
Slumpbuster
Boulder
V5 6C
 43
Wrestling With A Buffalo
Boulder
V5 6C
 15
Anomaly
Boulder
V5 6C
 10
G.F.P
Boulder
V5 6C
 19
Skypager
Boulder
V5 6C
 14
Nashville Rebel
Boulder
V5-6 6C+
 19
Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts
Boulder
V6 7A
 46
Orange Roughy
Boulder
V6 7A
 15
The Banshee
Boulder
V7- 7A+
 24
Vise Grips
Boulder
V7 7A+
 6
Isosceles
Boulder
V7 7A+
 32
Seul Avec Dieu
Boulder
V7 7A+
 37
The Cheat
Boulder
V7 7A+
 8
The Burninator
Boulder
V7 7A+
 13
Atomic Decay
Boulder
V7-8 7B
 13
Torso Fritter
Boulder
V8 7B
 16
Black Roughy aka God Is Love
Boulder
V8 7B
 6
Dike Dream
Boulder
V8 7B
 14
Flesh Wound
Boulder
V8-9 7B+
 8
Brilliant
Boulder
V9 7C
 10
Tastes Like Burning
Boulder
V9 7C
 14
Virgin Martini
Boulder
V10- 7C+
 8
Forty Foot Fence
Boulder
V10 7C+
 8
The Prow
Boulder
V10 7C+ PG13
 7
Over the Radar
Boulder
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 270
Second Hand Rose Arete
Sport
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 37
Slant Crack
Trad
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 158
Solitaire
Sport
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 109
Weird Water
Trad
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 243
Gossamer
Trad, Sport
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 174
Shark's Breath
Sport
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 302
Waves
Sport 2 pitches
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 158
Star Dancer
Sport, TR
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 202
Garfield Goes To Washington
Trad 3 pitches
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 158
Pointy Little Devil
Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 117
Valdez Overhang
Sport, TR
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 84
Lead Fillings
Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 101
Evergreen
Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 24
Dark Tower
Trad
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 157
Baba Cool
Sport
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 59
W.A.S.P. (center variation start)
Trad, Sport
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 26
Kodah
Trad, Sport
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 30
Aces High
Trad
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 23
Hornet's Chimney
Trad
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 21
Moonstone
Sport
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 25
Royal Flush
Trad
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
 50
Don't Stahl
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 32
Nitrous Rockcide
Trad, Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 25
Calculus Variation
Trad
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 19
Garfield's Forgiven Affair
Trad
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 30
The Engagement
Sport
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 24
The Bein Crack
Trad
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 21
Climb-Us Interuptus
Trad
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 18
Political Prowness
Trad 4 pitches
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 42
Deja' Vu Prophecy
Sport 2 pitches
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 109
Pelican's Dike-ination
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 14
Comb Over
Sport 2 pitches
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 84
The Pollinator
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 42
Static Cling
Sport
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 13
Wiggy
Trad, Sport 2 pitches
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 24
Lightning Never Strikes Twice
Trad
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 18
Recycled Love
Sport
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
 22
Wife Sentence
Trad
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 32
Smear Campaign
Trad 3 pitches
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 34
Alligators All Around
Trad
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 12
Don't Shoot, I'm Only the Belayer
Trad, Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 15
Curly
Sport 2 pitches
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 30
Cereal Killer
Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 16
Ethical Decay
Trad
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 9
Sioux Pride
Trad, Sport
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
 9
Love Below
Trad, Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 42
Anaphylactic Shock
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 19
Read My Clips
Sport
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
 90
Mr. Critical
Sport
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
 26
Nutra-Sweet
Sport
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
 7
Suicide Kings
Trad
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 43
Boylesque
Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 10
Stems From Controversy
Trad, Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 11
Chrome Dome
Sport 2 pitches
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
 16
A Wrinkle In Time
Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 13
Chemical Wire
Trad
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 15
Twelve White Sticks
Sport
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 9
Tap and Die
Trad, TR
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 22
Slang
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 41
Beetle Juice
Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 33
Ladies in Love
Sport
5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 16
Butterfly
Sport
5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 6
Big, Black, and Hard
Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 8
Mothra
Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 6
Jackknife Matinee
Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 7
The Wurlitzer
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
The Hurt Locker Mt Baldy > Old Baldy Front… > Hurt Locker Boulder
 20
V3 6A Boulder
Bens ArĂȘte Mt Baldy > Wayward Valley > Great White Boulder
 6
V3 6A Boulder
The Cavity Emancipation > Emancipation Bo… > Upper Emancipation
 19
V3 6A Boulder
Ugly Duckling Chopping Block > Ugly Duckling Boulder
 22
V3 6A Boulder
Don't Get Lippy Mt Baldy > Old Baldy Front… > Don't Get Lippy
 21
V3 6A Boulder
Bad Music Wrinkled Rock C… > Trash Can Boulders > Heavy Breathing Boulder
 23
V3 6A Boulder
Jumper Mt Baldy > Irie Heights > Calm Area
 13
V4 6B Boulder
Jaba Mt Baldy > Irie Heights > Calm Area
 18
V4 6B Boulder
Five Alive Wrinkled Rock C… > Trash Can Boulders > Five Alive Boulder
 20
V4 6B Boulder
Slumpbuster Wrinkled Rock C… > Scuttlebutt Bou… > Slumpbuster Boulder
 19
V4 6B Boulder
Wrestling With A Buffalo Mt Baldy > Old Baldy Front… > Buffalo Boulder
 43
V5 6C Boulder
Anomaly Mt Baldy > Old Baldys Melo… > Anomaly Boulder
 15
V5 6C Boulder
G.F.P Voting Booth Boulders
 10
V5 6C Boulder
Skypager Mt Baldy > … > Cell One Valley > A Tribe Called Quest…
 19
V5 6C Boulder
Nashville Rebel Blackberry trai… > Waylon Wall
 14
V5 6C Boulder
Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts Mt Baldy > Old Baldys Melo… > Caddy Shack Boulder
 19
V5-6 6C+ Boulder
Orange Roughy Mt Baldy > Old Baldy Front… > Orange Roughy Boulder
 46
V6 7A Boulder
The Banshee Mt Baldy > Baldy's Lil-Bro… > Banshee Boulder
 15
V6 7A Boulder
Vise Grips Chopping Block > Ugly Duckling Boulder
 24
V7- 7A+ Boulder
Isosceles Mt Baldy > Old Baldy Front… > Obtuse Boulder
 6
V7 7A+ Boulder
Seul Avec Dieu Mt Baldy > Old Baldy Front… > Seul Avec Dieux Boulder
 32
V7 7A+ Boulder
The Cheat Mt Baldy > Irie Heights > N Nostril Cave
 37
V7 7A+ Boulder
The Burninator Mt Baldy > Wayward Valley > Gross Tonnage Boulder
 8
V7 7A+ Boulder
Atomic Decay Emancipation > … > Manhattan Boulders > Atomic Boulder
 13
V7 7A+ Boulder
Torso Fritter Mt Baldy > Almost There Boulders
 13
V7-8 7B Boulder
Black Roughy aka God Is Love Mt Baldy > God Is Love Boulder
 16
V8 7B Boulder
Dike Dream Chopping Block > Three Amigos Boulder
 6
V8 7B Boulder
Flesh Wound Mt Baldy > Irie Heights > Irie Heights Boulder
 14
V8 7B Boulder
Brilliant Mt Baldy > Irie Heights > Brilliant Boulder
 8
V8-9 7B+ Boulder
Tastes Like Burning Mt Baldy > Irie Heights > N Nostril Cave
 10
V9 7C Boulder
Virgin Martini Mt Baldy > Irie Heights > Irie Heights Boulder
 14
V9 7C Boulder
Forty Foot Fence Border Wall Bouldering
 8
V10- 7C+ Boulder
The Prow Mt Baldy > Old Baldy Front… > Seul Avec Dieux Boulder
 8
V10 7C+ Boulder
Over the Radar Chopping Block > Meat Counter
 7
V10 7C+ PG13 Boulder
Second Hand Rose Arete S Seas > Hornets Nest
 270
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Sport
Slant Crack Emancipation > White House Wall
 37
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad
Solitaire S Seas > Borneo
 158
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport
Weird Water Magna Carta > Marker > Middle Marker Area
 109
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad
Gossamer Magna Carta > Monster North > Picture Window
 243
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, Sport
Shark's Breath S Seas > Sharks Fin
 174
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport
Waves S Seas > Shipyard Rock
 302
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport 2 pitches
Star Dancer Magna Carta > Marker > Middle Marker Area
 158
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport, TR
Garfield Goes To Washington Emancipation > White House Wall
 202
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 3 pitches
Pointy Little Devil Magna Carta > Monster North > Shakers
 158
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport
Valdez Overhang Chopping Block > Birthday Rock
 117
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport, TR
Lead Fillings S Seas > Child's Molar
 84
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
Evergreen Chopping Block > Pine Tree Rock
 101
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
Dark Tower Magna Carta > Monster North > Dark Tower
 24
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad
Baba Cool Chopping Block > Chopping Block
 157
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport
W.A.S.P. (center variation… S Seas > Hornets Nest
 59
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad, Sport
Kodah Magna Carta > Monster North > Axe Edge
 26
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad, Sport
Aces High Emancipation > Political Gamblers
 30
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad
Hornet's Chimney S Seas > Hornets Nest
 23
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad
Moonstone Magna Carta > Marker > Middle Marker Area
 21
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Royal Flush Emancipation > Five Card Draw
 25
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
Don't Stahl Magna Carta > Marker > Middle Marker Area
 50
5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b Sport
Nitrous Rockcide S Seas > Child's Molar
 32
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad, Sport
Calculus Variation Breezy Point > Sentinel Rock > Lost Arrow Spire
 25
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad
Garfield's Forgiven Affair Emancipation > White House Wall
 19
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad
The Engagement Emancipation > Dire Spire
 30
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
The Bein Crack Breezy Point > Sentinel Rock > Lost Arrow Spire
 24
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad
Climb-Us Interuptus S Seas > Java
 21
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad
Political Prowness Emancipation > White House Wall
 18
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad 4 pitches
Deja' Vu Prophecy Magna Carta > Marker > Middle Marker Area
 42
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport 2 pitches
Pelican's Dike-ination S Seas > Borneo
 109
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Comb Over Mt Baldy > Old Baldy
 14
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport 2 pitches
The Pollinator S Seas > Hornets Nest
 84
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Static Cling Chopping Block > Lightning Bolt
 42
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Wiggy Mt Baldy > Old Baldy
 13
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad, Sport 2 pitches
Lightning Never Strikes Twice Magna Carta > Marker > Inner Marker
 24
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad
Recycled Love Wrinkled Rock C… > Love Knob
 18
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Sport
Wife Sentence Emancipation > White House Wall
 22
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13 Trad
Smear Campaign Emancipation > White House Wall
 32
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad 3 pitches
Alligators All Around Magna Carta > Monster South > National Mall Gully
 34
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad
Don't Shoot, I'm Only the B… Breezy Point > W World > Grotto
 12
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad, Sport
Curly Mt Baldy > Old Baldy
 15
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport 2 pitches
Cereal Killer S Seas > Cornflake
 30
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
Ethical Decay S Seas > Child's Molar
 16
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad
Sioux Pride Old Hill City Rd > Big Chief
 9
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad, Sport
Love Below Wrinkled Rock C… > Love Knob
 9
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c Trad, Sport
Anaphylactic Shock S Seas > Hornets Nest
 42
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
Read My Clips Emancipation > Pennsylvania Ave.
 19
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
Mr. Critical S Seas > Hornets Nest
 90
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Sport
Nutra-Sweet S Seas > Shipyard Rock
 26
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Sport
Suicide Kings Emancipation > Political Gamblers
 7
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c Trad
Boylesque S Seas > Bird's Nest
 43
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
Stems From Controversy Breezy Point > W World > Grotto
 10
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Trad, Sport
Chrome Dome Mt Baldy > Old Baldy
 11
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport 2 pitches
A Wrinkle In Time Chopping Block > Wrinkled Rock
 16
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a Sport
Chemical Wire Emancipation > White House Wall
 13
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Trad
Twelve White Sticks Chopping Block > Chopping Block
 15
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Tap and Die Emancipation > White House Wall
 9
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Trad, TR
Slang Chopping Block > Shrub
 22
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Beetle Juice S Seas > Hornets Nest
 41
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Ladies in Love S Seas > Bird's Nest
 33
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport
Butterfly S Seas > Hornets Nest
 16
5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
Big, Black, and Hard Mt Baldy > Half Dome
 6
5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
Mothra S Seas > Hornets Nest
 8
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
Jackknife Matinee Chopping Block > Lightning Bolt
 6
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
The Wurlitzer Wrinkled Rock C… > Scuttlebutt Bou… > Crossroads Wall
 7
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
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