Quarry Corner Buttress
- 10 routes
- 5.5 – 5.11a
- Top Rope
- Apr–Oct
- best months
Quarry Corner Buttress is a climbing area in Blue Mounds State Park in Minnesota, managed by State Park and Recreation. It sits among a cluster of other climbing spots, with Red Rock Buttress, Hidden Buttress and Lover's Fortress all about 0.1 mile away. The area is a top-rope destination. Ten routes are listed, with grades ranging from 5.5 to 5.11+. The Corner is the easiest at 5.5, and Inca Roads is the hardest at 5.11+. The median grade is 5.9+. Summer is the warmest stretch for climbing. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Rock Rapids, Iowa, show July highs around 85°F with lows near 62°F, while January highs average about 25°F.
- Red Rock 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
- Mini FortressRock climbing0.1 mi
- L-ButtressRock climbing0.1 mi
- First FortressRock climbing0.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Trump BouldersRock climbing · Next door
- Lover's FortressRock climbing · Next door
- Mini FortressRock climbing · Next door
- L-ButtressRock climbing · Next door
- First FortressRock climbing · Next door
- Receding Ramparts AreaRock climbing · Next door
- South Quarry AreaRock climbing · Next door
- Prairie Walls AreaRock climbing · Next door
- Bottom Boulders ButtressRock climbing · Next door
- Midnight 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)
Hawkeye PointSummit · ~50 min drivePhoto: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Quarry Corner 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.
