Burn Gage
- 5.11
- grade
- Top Rope
- style
- Apr–Oct
- best months
One of six routes catalogued at Orc Wall, this climb represents the upper end of the grade range at the crag. No lead protection is recorded for this line.
- North Quarry TalusRock climbing · Next door
- The ChamberRock climbing · Next door
- North Quarry AreaRock climbing · Next door
- The Metamorphic RockRock climbing · Next door
- North Quarry BoulderRock climbing · Next door
- Quarry BoulderRock climbing · Next door
- East Quarry BoulderRock climbing · Next door
- Saturday ButtressRock climbing · Next door
- Midnight ButtressRock climbing · Next door
- Many Cracks ButtressRock climbing · Next door
Also worth it near here
- Blue Mound State Park Tipi and Cart-In CampgroundCamping · ~2 min drive
Rock RiverCanoeing · ~33 min drivePhoto: Don Graham from Redlands, CA, USA - God bless it!, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Great Bear Recreation ParkDownhill skiing · ~44 min drivePhoto: Jake DeGroot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Sioux FallsWaterfall · ~49 min drivePhoto: Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Burn Gage
Best months: April–October. 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.
Jan
25° / 6°
5 wet
Feb
30° / 10°
5 wet
Mar
43° / 22°
6 wet
Apr
58° / 34°
9 wet
May
70° / 47°
12 wet
Jun
81° / 58°
10 wet
Jul
85° / 62°
8 wet
Aug
82° / 59°
8 wet
Sep
75° / 50°
7 wet
Oct
61° / 36°
6 wet
Nov
44° / 23°
5 wet
Dec
30° / 12°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Rock Rapids, IA, 18.5 mi away at 1,350 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
