South Dakota Climbing Travel Guide

South Dakota Climbing Travel Guide

• South Dakota Overview
• South Dakota Hotels
• South Dakota Attractions
• South Dakota Feature Articles
• South Dakota Airports
• South Dakota Flights

Other Guides for South Dakota

• South Dakota Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Biking
  • Caving and Canyoneering
  • Climbing
• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Horses and Riding
  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Climbing Destinations In South Dakota

• Custer State Park, SD
  (30 mi.)

Travel Guides In South Dakota

• Badlands National Park, SD (22 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Black Hills, Badlands, and Mount Rushmore, SD (9.6 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Mount Rushmore, SD (21 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Rapid City, SD (9.6 mi.)
• Aberdeen, SD (158 mi.)
• Custer, SD (33 mi.)
• Deadwood, SD (43 mi.)
• Faulkton, SD
• Hill City, SD (27 mi.)
• Mitchell, SD

Midwest Climbing States/Provinces

• South Dakota

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

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  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
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  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
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On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Photos
• Feature Articles
• Practical Advice
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

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Photos

Feature Articles

• South Dakota's Black Hills: Tearing across the Bottom and Scaling to the Top
  

Practical Advice

• What Andrew McLean, Ski Mountaineer, Brings
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  McLean, 47, is one of the world's most accomplished backcountry skiers, with first descents on every continent—and more than 100 total. This spring, he's off to Greenland for a few more. Here's what he's packing.
• How to Build a Bomber Anchor
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  To set up your own anchor for a climbing top rope (or slackline, or car stuck in a ditch), all you need is a 20-foot piece of webbing, a carabiner, and a tree.
• A Trekking Primer
  
• A Mountain Climbing Primer
  

Gear

• Ice Climbing Gear Essentials
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  The key to staying warm and stuck to the ice? The right stuff.
• What Andrew McLean, Ski Mountaineer, Brings
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  McLean, 47, is one of the world's most accomplished backcountry skiers, with first descents on every continent—and more than 100 total. This spring, he's off to Greenland for a few more. Here's what he's packing.
• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.
• Complete Gear Archives: Climbing
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things climbing.
• Women’s Climbing Gear Essentials
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Fitness

• Mountain Athlete
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  Jackson, Wyoming
• Chalk It Up
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  Experience is the key to mountaineering prowess, but high-altitude fitness makes all the difference on summit day
• Hot Flex
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  Meet your secret muscles—and find out how these hidden assets can leverage your leap to peak performance
• Winter's Wonderland Workout
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  Class Outside

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Attractions

Angostura Recreation Area

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10 miles SE of Hot Springs off US Hwy. 385/18
13157 N. Angostura Rd.
Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747

Description: Angostura Reservoir is a recreation area offering opportunities for boating, fishing, and swimming.... Read More

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Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary

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14 miles south of Hot Springs off Hwy. 71
P.O. Box 998
Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747

Description: The Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary spans 11,000 acres and is home to more than 500 wild horses... Read More

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Evans Plunge

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1145 North River St.
Hot Springs, South Dakota

Description: Evans Plunge is the world's largest warm-water indoor swimming pool. Vistors can enjoy three Waterslides, Tarzan Rings, Fun Tubes, Kids Pools, and a full service Health Club.... Read More

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Hotels

Sojourner Inn

1729 Minnekahta Ave.
Hot Springs, SD 57747

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Super 8 Motel - Spearfish

440 Heritage Dr
Spearfish, SD 57783

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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites HOT SPRINGS

1401 HWY. 18 BYPASS
Hot Springs, SD 57747

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