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Sandberg Peak
S Dakota
> Custer SP
> Tenpins/Switchbacks
Description
Sandberg Peak is one of the cooler looking spires in the Needles. It is extremely thin and rickety, especially higher up. Until just recently, this spire had but two routes, both 5.8 and lacking much protection. Now, a bolted route climbs the downhill side. If you climb this spire, be ready to answer a lot of questions because it is right next to the road.
Getting There
Drive to the Cathderal Spires parking lot. Sandberg Peak is the obvious thin spire just uphill of the lot.
[Hide Comment] SANDBERG PEAK FELL OVER SOMETIME DURING THE NIGHT!!!
Well, the whole thing didn't fall over, it looks like it broke off at the horizontal crack about 20/25 feet below the top. The top is now resting upside down next to the road below the base of the peak. It looks almost intact except for a few smaller pieces that must have broken off when it fell. BUMMER!!
Oct 11, 2003
[Hide Comment] Who was Sandberg? According to the comments on the route page... "The summit was obtained by tyrolean traverse in 1954 by Ray Sandberg and Walt Bailey. The name was, of course, meant to be humorous." This can be found via some web research or by reading the The Needles in Review by Herb Conn. A copy can be found at the link below. Tis good reading. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe…Dec 20, 2019
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Well, the whole thing didn't fall over, it looks like it broke off at the horizontal crack about 20/25 feet below the top. The top is now resting upside down next to the road below the base of the peak. It looks almost intact except for a few smaller pieces that must have broken off when it fell. BUMMER!! Oct 11, 2003
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