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wa_hoo
Jun 4, 2004, 1:05 PM
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Help! I am having trouble finding info on bouldering in South Dakota - around Sylvan Lake, Mt. Baldy, etc. Are there guidebooks available there? Local stores you'd recommend asking at? We're going in a couple weeks and looking for V0-V3 type stuff.
Thanks for anything you can offer!
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thevealchop
Jun 4, 2004, 3:07 PM
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You can email me at dan@sdcv.net and I'll hook you up with approach beta and everything else.
Dan
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ramylson
Jun 4, 2004, 3:13 PM
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Well.. as far as I know, there's really no guide book for the area (yet). You can find some stuff in the old American Alpine Guide "Touch the Sky", but even that is very limited. There's a lot of stuff around the Sylvan Lake area, with the potential for a lot more. You just have to be willing to walking around and get on what inspires. As far as the Mt. Rushmore area,
there is a guide associated with the end of the "Friction Addiction DVD". Must of which deals with established problems around the Mt. Baldy Area.
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climbingcam
Jun 4, 2004, 3:57 PM
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I dont know if there is much bouldering in her guide but long time resident of the black hills, Cindy Tolle has an e-book guide to the area. You can get the details at tutuaca.org, it's 10 or 15 bucks. You should email Cindy and ask her if bouldering is in the guide, if its not I'm sure she could point you in the right direction. Hope this helps. Cameron
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wa_hoo
Jun 5, 2004, 1:51 AM
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:D You guys are awesome! Thanks for the good leads and connections!
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wa_hoo
Jun 11, 2004, 2:04 AM
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:D The results (for info seekers): climbingblackhills.com is awesome, and combined with Tim Toula's book Rock-n-Road, provide ample choices and info for bouldering in the black hills. Thanks so much - our trip would've been a bust without this info!
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ramylson
Jun 11, 2004, 4:04 PM
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Nice. Good to hear that you had a successful trip. I'm actually supposed to be going out there next week, but it looks like I'm going to have to cancel due to working on my home. (:evil:) So, I'm truely envious. Where did you guys end up going?
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wa_hoo
Jun 28, 2004, 1:53 AM
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:D We ended up trying the campground boulder at Sylvan Lake and got spanked. It's got some V2 rated problems, but the crystals are so worn that it seemed much more difficult and was a bit frustrating.
The rock mazes east of Nemo were incredible!
The rock mazes are on Nemo Road a few miles east of Nemo. (to get there, get on the road which starts in western rapid city off the I-90 business route as Chicago St, then turns into S. Canyon Rd, then into Nemo Rd. Then when you see the national park service picnic area called steamboat rock, there's a small sand pullout on the other side of the road and they're right there a few hundred yards up the hill!)
Anyway - imagine 8'-12' cubes of sandstone which once were a huge slab, it broke up and all slid slightly down a hill, creating almost creepy narrow passages in between the blocks. It's crazy!
The bouldering was great - much of it's around the back/far side, but wandering around inside the mazes was fun too. The rock was awesome and there's tons of good problems in a wide range of difficulty. We wanted V0 - V2 stuff. Check out climbingblackhills.com for lots of routes. Good landings too. I would definitely recommend a trip to the rock mazes! The weather got rainy and we never made it to old baldy - maybe next year.
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drrock
Jun 28, 2004, 3:23 AM
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I loved the Rock Maze! My profile pic is from there... Awesome routes, tons of variety, and nobody else there on a Sunday!
http://www.rockclimbing.com/photos.php?Action=ListPhoto&PhotoID=30970
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=30970
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