Rock Climbing Minnesota and Wisconsin

by Mike Farris

Overview

Descriptions and maps to all the major climbing areas in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Two hundred new routes and two new climbing areas have been added for a total of nearly 1,000 routes at 13 areas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762773466
Publisher:	Globe Pequot
Publication date:	06/05/2012
Series:	State Rock Climbing Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Mike Farris is a college professor who teaches upper-level seminars on high-altitude human biology at Hamline University in Minnesota. He is an experienced high-altitude climber who has climbed extensively throughout North and South American and the Himalayas. He is also the author of The Altitude Experience (FalconGuides). He lives in Northfield, Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition ix

Preface to the First Edition xi

Introduction xiii

Access xiii

Safety xvi

To Indoor Climbers xix

Style and Ethics xx

Ratings xxii

First Ascent Information xxii

The Geology of Midwestern Rock Climbing Areas xxiii

Map Legend xxx

1 Blue Mounds 1

2 Devil's Lake 35

3 Red Wing 61

4 Willow River 83

5 Taylors Falls 90

6 Sandstone 120

7 The North Shore 128

8 Elys Peak 133

9 Palisade Head 138

10 Shovel Point 163

11 The Mystical Mountain Zone 170

12 The Sawmill Creek Crags 179

13 Carlton Peak 188

Index 195

About the Author 209