Palisades State Park

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Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Palisades State Park:

Puppy Love V3 Boulder, 12 feet Bridge Boulder

Hung Like A Horse V3 Boulder, 10 feet A Taste Of Fontainebleau

I Seam Stumped V4 Boulder Bridge Boulder

Necessary Contrivance V4 Boulder Bridge Boulder

Garden Path 5.5 Trad, TR, 50 feet South Wall

Henry Aaron 5.7 PG13 TR, 65 feet Chockstone Tower

Racecar Ya Ya's 5.7+ Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet Split creek cracks

Hand Jamwich and Offwidth Soup 5.8 Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet Shady Acres

Passive Pro-gression 5.8 Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet Split creek cracks

Stepping Out 5.8 Trad, TR RattleSnake

The Bitch 5.8+ Trad, TR, 65 feet Chockstone Tower

Wilhelm 5.9 TR King Rock

The Son Of A Bitch 5.9+ Trad, TR, 65 feet Chockstone Tower

King Olaf 5.10 TR King Rock

Cemetery Gates 5.10 Trad, TR Harkor Tower

Glimmer 5.10+ TR Harkor Tower

Little Miss Roundheels 5.10+ Trad, TR Chockstone Tower

Debutant Farmers 5.12- Trad, TR Positron

Aloha 5.12 TR, 65 feet Chockstone Tower

Slandeross 5.12+ TR, 50 feet Great North Wall

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I Seam Stumped V4 SD : Palisades State Park : Bridge Boulder

I seam stumped is the obvious line on the Bridge boulder with the the old stump right below the crack or seam. The Crux is the last few moves. Start by smearing with your right foot and left foot. ( DO NOT USE LEDGE TO THE RIGHT.) Grab the cling with your left hand and the right with the lower crack. Begin to work your way up the seam. Top out is good once you find balance again. ONE OF THE BEST BOULDER PROBLEMS IN PALISADES....[more] Browse More Classics in SD

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By MattZ
May 13, 2007

Palisades State Park is indeed worth visiting. The camping is great and there are many levels of routes available.

By Conor Raney
From: Pinedale, WY
Nov 12, 2010

Happy to see people start to explore this area more for bouldering. Want to get back and try some of the new stuff. Someone needs to put up a hard problem to attract a little more interest haha...I know it's hard but shoot, it'd be nice to have a hard problem in the vicinity.

By Amy Weed
Feb 8, 2011

Are there any sport routes in this area?

By Tane Owens
May 26, 2012

It seems like there have been a lot of climbing additions to the park in the past few years. Is there any chance someone with current knowledge of the area can make additions or updates to the beta/park overview photo? This would definitely help me around the park, and I'm sure others would benefit from it as well.

By trisgo
From: Omaha, NE (at the moment)
Sep 27, 2012

I don't know, I guess it comes down to personal preference. I'd take Palisades over Blue Mounds anyday. There isn't as much climbing, but hearing the running water and being in the serene (I'm horrible at spelling)setting rather then a field at Blue Mounds is well worth the trade off for me. I usually go up there for the weekend and do Palisades on Saturday and Blue Mounds on Sunday.

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