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The Top 10 Classic Rock Climbing Routes

5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a 1. Upper Exum Wyoming > Grand Teton NP
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 2. High Exposure New York > Gunks
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b 3. Southeast Buttress California > Yosemite NP
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R 4. Snake Dike California > Yosemite NP
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 5. Epinephrine Nevada > Red Rocks
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 6. Flyboys Washington > Okanogan
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C1 7. Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome (… California > Yosemite NP
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C2 8. The Nose California > Yosemite NP
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 9. Casual Route Colorado > RMNP - Rock
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 10. The Moonlight Buttress (Free) Utah > Zion NP

1. Upper Exum	Wyoming > Grand Teton NP	5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
2. High Exposure	New York > Gunks	5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
3. Southeast Buttress	California > Yosemite NP	5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
4. Snake Dike	California > Yosemite NP	5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
5. Epinephrine	Nevada > Red Rocks	5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
6. Flyboys	Washington > Okanogan	5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
7. Regular Northwest Face of H…	California > Yosemite NP	5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C1
8. The Nose	California > Yosemite NP	5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C2
9. Casual Route	Colorado > RMNP - Rock	5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
10. The Moonlight Buttress (Free)	Utah > Zion NP	5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b

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1,823 Alabama

225 Sand Rock

50 Jamestown

60 Palisades Park

2,285 Alaska

220 Anchorage & South Central Alaska Ice

82 Denali National Park

348 Seward Highway

12,537 Arizona

665 Cochise Stronghold

547 Sedona Area

153 Paradise Forks

114 Winslow Wall

2,945 Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalina Mountains)

2,724 Arkansas

463 Sam's Throne & Surroundings

664 Horseshoe Canyon Ranch

40,052 California

6,833 Joshua Tree National Park

200 Lover's Leap

653 Tahquitz & Suicide Rocks

464 High Sierra

6,158 Sierra Eastside

3,903 Lake Tahoe

2,601 Yosemite National Park

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

994 Owens River Gorge

1,435 Southern-Western Sierra

33,242 Colorado

1,832 Boulder Canyon

410 Lumpy Ridge

1,233 Eldorado Canyon State Park

1,212 Shelf Road

465 Rifle Mountain Park

556 RMNP - Rock

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1,365 Flatirons

3,243 South Platte

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734 Gunnison

1,185 CO Ice & Mixed

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70 Delaware

70 Florida

1,419 Georgia

55 Lost Wall

200 Mount Yonah

396 Hawaii

67 Mokule'ia Wall

4,454 Idaho

598 City of Rocks

351 Castle Rocks

480 Massacre Rocks

40 The Sawtooth Range

228 The Fins

1,674 Illinois

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124 Giant City State Park

238 *The Holy Boulders

177 Indiana

530 Iowa

322 Kansas

3,336 Kentucky

2,946 Red River Gorge

6 Louisiana

1,547 Maine

309 -Acadia National Park

2,110 Maryland

5,697 Massachusetts

1,388 Michigan

81 Munising

2,057 Minnesota

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

100 Mississippi

1,654 Missouri

3,119 Montana

435 Gallatin Canyon

8 Nebraska

5,490 Nevada

2,547 Red Rocks

423 Mount Charleston

7,056 New Hampshire

1,133 *Rumney

262 *Cathedral Ledge

158 *Whitehorse Ledge

955 *Pawtuckaway

476 * NH Ice and Mixed

82 *Cannon Cliff

290 Sundown Ledge

781 New Jersey

5,829 New Mexico

307 Sandia Mountains

192 El Rito

470 Organ Mountains

132 Enchanted Tower

600 Taos Area

5,531 New York

1,175 The Gunks

2,349 Adirondacks

3,421 North Carolina

343 Linville Gorge

164 Looking Glass Rock

73 Stone Mountain

87 Laurel Knob

509 Rumbling Bald

338 Moore's Wall

63 North Dakota

2,199 Ohio

1,754 Oklahoma

170 Quartz Mountain

928 Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

4,919 Oregon

1,364 Smith Rock

23 Mt. Hood

3,561 Pennsylvania

163 Birdsboro Quarry

373 Safe Harbor

1,701 Rhode Island

262 South Carolina

3,570 South Dakota

898 Spearfish Canyon

655 Custer State Park

3,076 Tennessee

237 The Tennessee Wall

162 Foster Falls

142 Sunset Park

3,782 Texas

712 Hueco Tanks

380 Enchanted Rock State Natural Area

17,030 Utah

1,566 Indian Creek

60 Castle Valley

58 Fisher Towers

392 Zion National Park

640 American Fork Canyon

1,994 Little Cottonwood Canyon

986 Big Cottonwood Canyon

759 Maple Canyon

571 San Rafael Swell

721 Joe's Valley

2,083 Vermont

25 Lake Willoughby

128 * VT Ice and Mixed

5,957 Virginia

1,229 Grayson Highlands State Park

10,077 Washington

161 Exit 32 / Little Si

925 Index

666 Frenchman Coulee (Vantage)

336 Tieton River

4,780 West Virginia

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361 Seneca Rocks

294 Summersville (Gauley River) Area

4,789 Wisconsin

2,792 Devil's Lake

371 Governor Dodge State Park

1,559 Devil's Lake Bouldering

6,195 Wyoming

153 Devils Tower

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326 Grand Teton National Park

245 Wind River Range

753 Sinks Canyon

72 Rock Springs Buttress

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