Minnesota · Bouldering · Mound Township
Slick Rick
- V1+
- grade
- Bouldering Pads
- style
- Apr–Oct
- best months
One of 13 routes catalogued at Boulder Area 2, this climb sits in the lower-middle range of the crag's V0+ to V4- span.
- Bessie The CowRock climbing · Next door
- Bur Oak TrailRock climbing · Next door
- Quarry BoulderRock climbing · Next door
- East Quarry BoulderRock climbing · Next door
- North Quarry BoulderRock climbing · Next door
- The ChamberRock climbing · Next door
- The Metamorphic RockRock climbing · Next door
- North Quarry AreaRock climbing · Next door
- North Quarry TalusRock climbing · Next door
- Kanaranzi Buttress (South Face)Rock climbing · Next door
Also worth it near here
- Blue Mound State Park Tipi and Cart-In CampgroundCamping · ~3 min drive
Rock RiverCanoeing · ~34 min drivePhoto: Don Graham from Redlands, CA, USA - God bless it!, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Great Bear Recreation ParkDownhill skiing · ~43 min drivePhoto: Jake DeGroot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Sioux FallsWaterfall · ~48 min drivePhoto: Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Slick Rick
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, 18.1 mi away at 1,350 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.