Routes : North America : United States : South Dakota : Custer State Park : Switchbacks and Ten Pins
Switchbacks and Ten Pins
Climbing Sections:
- Dakota-Illinois (2)
- End Pin (1)
- Fin (1)
- Hairy Pin (1)
- King Pin (1)
- Moby Dick (1)
- Not the Pawn (1)
- Podunk Pinnacle (1)
- Queen Pin (2)
- Reunion Rock (3)
- Safety Pin (1)
- Sandberg Peak (2)
- Split Pin (1)
- Superpin (1)
- Tent Peg (1)
- The Pawn (2)
- Totem Pole (1)
- Tracks Rock (1)
- Tricouni Nail (1)
- Unknown (1)
About Switchbacks and Ten Pins:
This is the coolest cluster of spires in the Needles. Tent Peg and Tricouni Nail are fun and well protected, while Hairy Pin and Super Pin are two of the scariest 5.10s in the US. In addition to the pins themselves, there is a great collection of spires surrounding them which even have a few sport routes. |
Nearest town or city: | Custer State Park |
Directions: | Drive on the Needles Highway past the Needles Eye and Totem Pole. The Tenpins are at the bottom of some switchbacks in between the Totem Pole just before the Cathedral Spires parking lot. |
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Camping: | Pay |
When to Climb: | |
Quantity of Climbs: | Month |
Forum Discussions (2 posts)
Subject | Author | Replies | Last Post | |
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R&I article on trad face climbing in Custer State Park, | renobdarb | 0 | Dec 10 2003, 6:30 PM | |
... | renobdarb | 8 | Sep 26 2003, 3:50 PM |