L-Buttress
- 8 routes
- 5.5 – 5.10c
- Top Rope · Trad
- Apr–Oct
- best months
L-Buttress is a climbing area in Blue Mounds State Park in southern Minnesota, managed by State Park and Recreation. The nearest town is Luverne, about 3.6 miles away. September is the most comfortable month to visit, with typical highs around 75°F and lows near 50°F, based on averages from the Rock Rapids, IA weather station about 19 miles away. July is the warmest, with typical highs near 85°F. The climbing area is part of a cluster of named routes and boulders. First Fortress, South Quarry Area and Red Rock Buttress all sit about 0.1 mile from L-Buttress, and Trump Boulders is also close by.
- First FortressRock climbing0.1 mi
- South Quarry AreaRock climbing0.1 mi
- Red Rock ButtressRock climbing0.1 mi
- Quarry Corner ButtressRock climbing0.1 mi
- Hidden ButtressRock climbing0.1 mi
- Sun Drop II TowerRock climbing0.1 mi
- Trump BouldersRock climbing0.1 mi
- Lover's FortressRock climbing0.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- First FortressRock climbing · Next door
- South Quarry AreaRock climbing · Next door
- Hidden ButtressRock climbing · Next door
- Quarry Corner ButtressRock climbing · Next door
- Red Rock ButtressRock climbing · Next door
- Sun Drop II TowerRock climbing · Next door
- Trump BouldersRock climbing · Next door
- Lover's FortressRock climbing · Next door
- Bottom Boulders ButtressRock climbing · Next door
- Chimney 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 · ~50 min drivePhoto: Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit L-Buttress
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, 18.8 mi away at 1,350 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
