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Top 1020 Classic Climbs

5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 1. Serenity Crack California > Yosemite NP
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 2. Epinephrine Nevada > Red Rocks
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 3. Scarface Utah > Indian Creek
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 4. Corrugation Corner California > Lover's Leap
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 5. Illusion Dweller California > Joshua Tree NP
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 6. Triassic Sands Nevada > Red Rocks
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 7. Incredible Hand Crack Utah > Indian Creek
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 8. Central Pillar of Frenzy California > Yosemite NP
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 9. Southeast Buttress California > Yosemite NP
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 10. Supercrack of the Desert (aka Luxury… Utah > Indian Creek

1. Serenity Crack	California > Yosemite NP	5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
2. Epinephrine	Nevada > Red Rocks	5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
3. Scarface	Utah > Indian Creek	5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
4. Corrugation Corner	California > Lover's Leap	5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
5. Illusion Dweller	California > Joshua Tree NP	5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
6. Triassic Sands	Nevada > Red Rocks	5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
7. Incredible Hand Crack	Utah > Indian Creek	5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
8. Central Pillar of Frenzy	California > Yosemite NP	5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
9. Southeast Buttress	California > Yosemite NP	5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
10. Supercrack of the Desert (a…	Utah > Indian Creek	5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
11. High Exposure	New York > Gunks	5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
12. Stolen Chimney	Utah > Fisher Towers	5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b A0
13. Sons of Yesterday	California > Yosemite NP	5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
14. The Yellow Spur	Colorado > Eldorado Canyon SP	5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
15. Levitation 29	Nevada > Red Rocks	5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
16. Banshee	Kentucky > Red River Gorge	5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
17. Outer Space	Washington > Central-E Cascades, W…	5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
18. Rewritten	Colorado > Eldorado Canyon SP	5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
19. Exum Ridge	Wyoming > Grand Teton NP	5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
20. Dark Shadows	Nevada > Red Rocks	5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c

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2,415 Alabama

238 Cherokee Rock Village (Sand Rock)

50 Jamestown

61 Palisades Park

400 Horse Pens 40

2,698 Alaska

248 South Central Alaska Ice and Alpine

90 Denali National Park

355 Seward Highway

15,044 Arizona

817 Cochise Stronghold

620 Sedona Area

154 Paradise Forks

120 Winslow Wall

3,311 Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalina Mountains)

3,727 Arkansas

525 Sam's Throne & Surroundings

780 Horseshoe Canyon Ranch

47,453 California

8,064 Joshua Tree National Park

203 Lover's Leap

675 Tahquitz & Suicide Rocks

645 High Sierra

6,891 Eastern Sierra

4,481 Lake Tahoe

3,077 Yosemite National Park

591 Southern Sierra - The Needles, Kern River, Domelands, etc.

1,107 Owens River Gorge

1,721 Southern-Western Sierra

38,450 Colorado

1,925 Boulder Canyon

417 Lumpy Ridge

1,295 Eldorado Canyon State Park

1,332 Shelf Road

499 Rifle Mountain Park

656 RMNP - Rock

1,434 Alpine Rock

1,477 Flatirons

4,017 South Platte

4,031 Grand Junction Area

816 Gunnison

513 Rifle

1,348 CO Ice & Mixed

3,027 Connecticut

487 Central Valley

1,964 CT Bouldering

77 Delaware

134 Florida

1,930 Georgia

335 Rocktown

244 Mount Yonah

56 Lost Wall

461 Hawaii

67 Mokule'ia Wall

5,342 Idaho

746 City of Rocks

385 Castle Rocks

518 Massacre Rocks

52 The Sawtooth Range

236 The Fins

2,576 Illinois

557 *Jackson Falls

140 Giant City State Park

393 Holy Boulders

100 Pere Marquette State Park

238 Indiana

713 Iowa

380 Kansas

4,590 Kentucky

3,767 Red River Gorge

41 Louisiana

2,375 Maine

424 -Acadia National Park

2,988 Maryland

6,418 Massachusetts

1,376 Lynn Woods

148 Gilbert Hills State Park

1,600 Michigan

86 Munising

2,482 Minnesota

168 Red Wing (a.k.a. He Mni Can, Barn Bluff)

115 Mississippi

2,387 Missouri

116 EM: Elephant Rocks SP

4,233 Montana

540 Gallatin Canyon

274 Hyalite Canyon

74 Lost Horse

14 Nebraska

7,185 Nevada

2,900 Red Rocks

549 Mount Charleston

8,242 New Hampshire

1,162 *Rumney

290 *Cathedral Ledge

155 *Whitehorse Ledge

1,121 *Pawtuckaway

536 * NH Ice and Mixed

85 *Cannon Cliff

330 Sundown Ledge

941 New Jersey

139 Delaware Water Gap NRA

6,685 New Mexico

340 Sandia Mountains

197 El Rito

533 Organ Mountains

133 Enchanted Tower

761 Taos Area

6,504 New York

1,356 The Gunks

2,675 Adirondacks

4,243 North Carolina

445 Linville Gorge

195 Looking Glass Rock

85 Stone Mountain

87 Laurel Knob

594 Rumbling Bald

618 Hanging Rock State Park

71 North Dakota

2,678 Ohio

164 Whipps Ledges

159 Chippewa Creek

2,486 Oklahoma

215 Quartz Mountain

1,371 Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

6,137 Oregon

1,486 Smith Rock

30 a. Mt. Hood

88 Smith Rock Bouldering

69 Oregon Volcanoes

4,264 Pennsylvania

177 Birdsboro Quarry

416 Safe Harbor

2,004 Rhode Island

1,026 Lincoln Woods

378 South Carolina

189 Big Rock Mountain

4,118 South Dakota

1,035 Spearfish Canyon

747 Custer State Park

4,683 Tennessee

313 The Tennessee Wall

182 Foster Falls

190 Sunset Park

655 Obed & Clear Creek

572 Stone Fort

83 Leda

4,211 Texas

810 Hueco Tanks

389 Enchanted Rock State Natural Area

19,892 Utah

430 Zion National Park

758 American Fork Canyon

2,251 Little Cottonwood Canyon

1,040 Big Cottonwood Canyon

800 Maple Canyon

626 San Rafael Swell

797 Joe's Valley

1,716 Indian Creek

64 Castle Valley

61 Fisher Towers

2,482 Vermont

464 Smugglers' Notch

29 Lake Willoughby

143 * VT Ice and Mixed

7,232 Virginia

1,322 Grayson Highlands State Park

411 Shenandoah National Park

12,919 Washington

299 Exit 32; Little Si

1,152 Index

780 Frenchman Coulee (Vantage)

452 Tieton River

6,094 West Virginia

2,366 The New River Gorge Region

383 Seneca Rocks

406 Summersville (Gauley River) Area

5,356 Wisconsin

3,059 Devil's Lake

407 Governor Dodge State Park

1,719 Devil's Lake Bouldering

7,477 Wyoming

161 Devils Tower

1,212 Vedauwoo

366 Grand Teton National Park

979 Ten Sleep Canyon

277 Wind River Range

939 Sinks Canyon

76 Rock Springs Buttress

390 Wild Iris

73,442 International

1,113 Australia

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22,491 Europe

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