Michigan · Rock climbing · Marquette Charter Township · Near Ishpeming

Courthouse Steps

5.7
grade
Top Rope
style
May–Sep
best months

One of two routes catalogued at Upper Peninsula's Rick and Morty Wall sector. This line is set up as a toprope with no lead protection recorded. First ascent by Andrew Hanson.

Around this trail

Add any of these when you start a trip
  • Sleep close

    Michigamme Shores Campground

    Campground

    Campground · 1.8 mi from the trail
  • Eat after

    B-Dogs

    Fast food

    On your way back · 2 mi
  • If it rainsAndrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum

    Museum

    In town

    Former mine, now a museum in Ishpeming, Michigan, USA

Places © OpenStreetMap contributors · Photos: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (commons)

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  • Best time to go · May–Sep

    Best time to visit Courthouse Steps

    Best months: May–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

    1. Jan

      23° / 2°

    2. Feb

      26° / -1°

    3. Mar

      38° / 9°

    4. Apr

      50° / 23°

    5. May

      66° / 35°

    6. Jun

      75° / 45°

    7. Jul

      77° / 51°

    8. Aug

      77° / 49°

    9. Sep

      69° / 43°

    10. Oct

      54° / 31°

    11. Nov

      39° / 20°

    12. Dec

      26° / 9°

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Champion Van Riper Pk, MI, 3.3 mi away at 1,599 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.