Minnesota · Rock climbing · La Pointe

Jumping Rock

6 routes
V1 – V3
Bouldering
May–Sep
best months

Jumping Rock is a climbing area in Minnesota with 6 routes ranging across 3 distinct difficulty grades. The crag features bouldering pads.

  • Nearby · Palisade Head · Wolf Ridge ELC Area (North Shore) · Mystical Mountain Zone
  • Best time to go · May–Sep

    Best time to visit Jumping Rock

    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

      22° / 7°

      11 wet · 10 snow

    2. Feb

      26° / 7°

      8 wet · 7 snow

    3. Mar

      37° / 16°

      9 wet · 5 snow

    4. Apr

      48° / 28°

      10 wet · 2 snow

    5. May

      61° / 38°

      11 wet

    6. Jun

      71° / 49°

      11 wet

    7. Jul

      77° / 56°

      10 wet

    8. Aug

      76° / 56°

      9 wet

    9. Sep

      68° / 48°

      10 wet

    10. Oct

      54° / 37°

      11 wet · 1 snow

    11. Nov

      40° / 26°

      10 wet · 4 snow

    12. Dec

      28° / 16°

      11 wet · 9 snow

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Madeline Island, WI, 5.3 mi away at 660 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Routes (6)

Keep exploring — more climbs worth the drive

Palisade HeadPhoto: Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Palisade Head

~1h 17m drive

Palisade Head in Minnesota has 80 climbing routes across 30 difficulty grades, offering mixed, sport, top-rope, and trad styles.

Wolf Ridge ELC Area (North Shore)Photo: SteveBenassi, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Wolf Ridge ELC Area (North Shore)

~1h 22m drive

North Shore Minnesota climbing with Lake Superior views and varied difficulty.

Mystical Mountain ZonePhoto: SteveBenassi, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Mystical Mountain Zone

~1h 22m drive

Mystical Mountain Zone in Minnesota has 15 climbing routes across 8 grades, offering top-rope and trad options.

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Madeline Island

Next door

Madeline Island is a 4-route bouldering crag in Minnesota with 3 difficulty grades.

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Apostle Islands

~16 min drive

2 bouldering routes at Apostle Islands in Minnesota.

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Will's Slab

~1h 3m drive

Will's Slab is a bouldering area in Wisconsin with 5 routes.

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Boulder 81

~1h 3m drive

Boulder 81 in Wisconsin has 17 bouldering routes across 10 grades.

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Area 82

~1h 4m drive

Area 82 in Wisconsin has 16 bouldering routes across 9 grades.

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Silver Bay, Eleanor Road Side Crag

~1h 16m drive

Silver Bay, Eleanor Road Side Crag in Minnesota has 8 climbing routes with 4 difficulty grades, offering bouldering, top-rope, and trad.

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Silver Bay Ice

~1h 18m drive

Winter ice climbing destination in Minnesota with frozen formations.