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Submitted By: Jon Lauters on Jan 19, 2008
Latitude: 41.9350  Longitude: -93.5376 
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Striking walls but limestone choss. Mines of Spai...


Description 

Iowa doesn't have a lot of climbing, but we have climbing! The outdoor areas are all on the eastern side of the state.


Getting There 

Head towards the eastern side of the state via I80 or other appropriate means of transportation


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Iowa:
Collin's Crack   5.6 PG13     Trad, TR, 30 feet   Pictured Rocks : Collin's wall aka Parking l...
Tarzan   5.7     Sport, 50 feet   Pictured Rocks : Shiprock
Whipper Snapper   5.8     Sport, 40 feet   Pictured Rocks : Mild Iowa Wall
Jugular   5.8     Sport, 40 feet   Pictured Rocks : Mild Iowa Wall
Mild Iowa   5.8     Sport, 40 feet   Pictured Rocks : Mild Iowa Wall
Schoolio   5.9     Sport, 40 feet   Pictured Rocks : Ice Cave Wall
Over The Counter   5.9 PG13     Sport, 75 feet   Pictured Rocks : Shiprock
Virgin Lemonade   5.10a     Sport, 30 feet   Pictured Rocks : Wild Iowa Wall
Hope for a Boner   5.10a     Sport, 40 feet   Pictured Rocks : A Wall
Three Strikes No Balls   5.10a     Sport, 40 feet   Pictured Rocks : Comic Gallery
Somn Somn   5.10b     Sport, 70 feet   Pictured Rocks : Shiprock
Tazmanian Devil   5.10d     Sport, 30 feet   Pictured Rocks : Comic Gallery
Bird in Hand   5.11b     Sport, 30 feet   Pictured Rocks : Wild Iowa Wall
Flash   5.11b     Sport, 50 feet   Pictured Rocks : Comic Gallery
Hungry to Do   5.11c PG13     Sport, 30 feet   Pictured Rocks : Wild Iowa Wall
Soul Ignition   5.12a     Sport, 30 feet   Pictured Rocks : Wild Iowa Wall
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Featured Route For Iowa
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Bird in Hand 5.11b  IA : Pictured Rocks : Wild Iowa Wall
One of the more popular climbs on Wild Iowa Wall, steep pocket pulling!...[more]   Browse More Classics in IA


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Searching for Iowa rock- fast track to nowhere!

Searching for Iowa rock- fast track to nowhere!

where the buffalo roam

where the buffalo roam

View into the Comic Gallery at Pictured Rocks. Flash follows the overhanging arete to the left. Schoolio is on the right, and Tazmanian Devil is on the back wall.

BETA PHOTO: View into the Comic Gallery at Pictured Rocks. Fla...