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The Top 10 Classic Rock Climbing Routes

5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 1. High Exposure New York > Gunks
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 2. Southeast Buttress California > Yosemite NP
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 3. Corrugation Corner California > Lover's Leap
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 4. Epinephrine Nevada > Red Rocks
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 5. Outer Space Washington > Central-E Cascades, W…
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 6. Central Pillar of Frenzy California > Yosemite NP
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 7. The Yellow Spur Colorado > Eldorado Canyon SP
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 8. Illusion Dweller California > Joshua Tree NP
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 9. Incredible Hand Crack Utah > Indian Creek
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 10. Scarface Utah > Indian Creek

1. High Exposure	New York > Gunks	5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
2. Southeast Buttress	California > Yosemite NP	5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
3. Corrugation Corner	California > Lover's Leap	5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
4. Epinephrine	Nevada > Red Rocks	5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
5. Outer Space	Washington > Central-E Cascades, W…	5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
6. Central Pillar of Frenzy	California > Yosemite NP	5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
7. The Yellow Spur	Colorado > Eldorado Canyon SP	5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
8. Illusion Dweller	California > Joshua Tree NP	5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
9. Incredible Hand Crack	Utah > Indian Creek	5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
10. Scarface	Utah > Indian Creek	5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c

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2,119 Alabama

231 Sand Rock

50 Jamestown

61 Palisades Park

395 Horse Pens 40

2,548 Alaska

228 Anchorage & South Central Alaska Ice

85 Denali National Park

352 Seward Highway

13,647 Arizona

746 Cochise Stronghold

569 Sedona Area

153 Paradise Forks

118 Winslow Wall

3,100 Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalina Mountains)

3,238 Arkansas

497 Sam's Throne & Surroundings

732 Horseshoe Canyon Ranch

43,240 California

7,410 Joshua Tree National Park

199 Lover's Leap

670 Tahquitz & Suicide Rocks

508 High Sierra

6,421 Sierra Eastside

4,154 Lake Tahoe

2,835 Yosemite National Park

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

1,034 Owens River Gorge

1,642 Southern-Western Sierra

35,550 Colorado

1,891 Boulder Canyon

413 Lumpy Ridge

1,268 Eldorado Canyon State Park

1,282 Shelf Road

487 Rifle Mountain Park

613 RMNP - Rock

1,329 Alpine Rock

1,407 Flatirons

3,433 South Platte

3,919 Grand Junction Area

771 Gunnison

500 Rifle

1,249 CO Ice & Mixed

2,677 Connecticut

465 Central Valley

1,675 CT Bouldering

74 Delaware

111 Florida

1,691 Georgia

56 Lost Wall

215 Mount Yonah

285 Rocktown

430 Hawaii

67 Mokule'ia Wall

4,851 Idaho

651 City of Rocks

367 Castle Rocks

480 Massacre Rocks

43 The Sawtooth Range

232 The Fins

2,256 Illinois

555 *Jackson Falls

139 Giant City State Park

360 Holy Boulders

98 Pere Marquette State Park

270 Indiana

664 Iowa

336 Kansas

4,061 Kentucky

3,351 Red River Gorge

32 Louisiana

2,073 Maine

388 -Acadia National Park

2,531 Maryland

6,089 Massachusetts

1,332 Lynn Woods

145 Gilbert Hills State Park

1,538 Michigan

82 Munising

2,177 Minnesota

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

114 Mississippi

1,892 Missouri

107 EM: Elephant Rocks SP

3,675 Montana

70 Lost Horse

448 Gallatin Canyon

242 Hyalite Canyon

10 Nebraska

6,257 Nevada

2,704 Red Rocks

473 Mount Charleston

7,575 New Hampshire

1,151 *Rumney

267 *Cathedral Ledge

155 *Whitehorse Ledge

1,013 *Pawtuckaway

494 * NH Ice and Mixed

84 *Cannon Cliff

317 Sundown Ledge

828 New Jersey

139 Delaware Water Gap NRA

6,135 New Mexico

319 Sandia Mountains

196 El Rito

484 Organ Mountains

133 Enchanted Tower

675 Taos Area

6,019 New York

1,237 The Gunks

2,479 Adirondacks

3,701 North Carolina

404 Linville Gorge

172 Looking Glass Rock

81 Stone Mountain

87 Laurel Knob

560 Rumbling Bald

395 Moore's Wall

64 North Dakota

2,391 Ohio

162 Whipps Ledges

132 Chippewa Creek

2,069 Oklahoma

186 Quartz Mountain

1,130 Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

5,369 Oregon

1,437 Smith Rock

29 a. Mt. Hood

78 Smith Rock Bouldering

66 Oregon Volcanoes

3,993 Pennsylvania

176 Birdsboro Quarry

406 Safe Harbor

1,838 Rhode Island

977 Lincoln Woods

315 South Carolina

152 Big Rock Mountain

3,803 South Dakota

982 Spearfish Canyon

702 Custer State Park

3,799 Tennessee

282 The Tennessee Wall

175 Foster Falls

165 Sunset Park

52 Leda

634 Obed & Clear Creek

504 Stone Fort

3,936 Texas

744 Hueco Tanks

373 Enchanted Rock State Natural Area

18,544 Utah

1,638 Indian Creek

61 Castle Valley

59 Fisher Towers

409 Zion National Park

705 American Fork Canyon

2,110 Little Cottonwood Canyon

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782 Maple Canyon

595 San Rafael Swell

762 Joe's Valley

2,277 Vermont

429 Smugglers' Notch

27 Lake Willoughby

129 * VT Ice and Mixed

6,424 Virginia

1,304 Grayson Highlands State Park

364 Shenandoah National Park

11,450 Washington

223 Exit 32; Little Si

1,064 Index

678 Frenchman Coulee (Vantage)

358 Tieton River

5,495 West Virginia

2,077 The New River Gorge Region

371 Seneca Rocks

338 Summersville (Gauley River) Area

5,085 Wisconsin

2,938 Devil's Lake

392 Governor Dodge State Park

1,616 Devil's Lake Bouldering

6,865 Wyoming

159 Devils Tower

1,173 Vedauwoo

357 Grand Teton National Park

932 Ten Sleep Canyon

259 Wind River Range

854 Sinks Canyon

74 Rock Springs Buttress

375 Wild Iris

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