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Biggest Crags in South Dakota

South Dakota's biggest crags by documented route count, ranked from the 144 tracked in the Climb Hubs network. More routes means more days before you run out of projects.

In this scope: 144 crags · 5,192 routes

  1. Mount Rushmore National MemorialBoulder · V0+–V11883 routes
  2. Sylvan LakeTrad · 5.2–5.14-276 routes
  3. Mount BaldyBoulder · V0+–V11241 routes
  4. Iron MountainBoulder · V0+–V10240 routes
  5. SunshineSport · 5.6–5.15+163 routes
  6. OutletsTrad · 5.2–5.14-135 routes
  7. Mohican, TheSport · 5.0–5.13b127 routes
  8. Horsethief Lake AreaTrad · 5.1–5.14a120 routes
  9. South SeasSport · 5.3–5.13a116 routes
  10. ShadowlandsSport · 5.7–5.13d116 routes
  11. Cathedral SpiresTrad · 5.3–5.13a114 routes
  12. Breezy PointBoulder · V0–V8+107 routes
  13. Blue SkySport · 5.7+–5.13c/d101 routes
  14. Chopping BlockSport · 5.3–5.14a98 routes
  15. Magna CartaSport · 5.3–5.13-91 routes
  16. EmancipationBoulder · V0–V1189 routes
  17. Big Picture GullySport · 5.8+–5.13a82 routes
  18. Needles Eye AreaTrad · 5.2–5.12b/c68 routes
  19. Dark Side, TheSport · 5.9+–5.13c67 routes
  20. Tenpins/SwitchbacksTrad · 5.3–5.12+58 routes
  21. Rock MazeBoulder · V0-1–V856 routes
  22. Old Baldy FrontsideBoulder · V0-–V1055 routes
  23. Chessmen, TheTrad · 5.5–5.13-54 routes
  24. VC, TheSport · 5.9–5.13c50 routes
  25. Sylvan Lake BoulderingBoulder · V0–V1150 routes

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