Wisconsin

Anyone climb at the cliffs near Greenleaf off WI Hwy 57? One hiker mentioned it had the same Niagara escarpment limestone as High Cliff State Park but taller cliffs.

I was curious if anyone knows of any bouldering that's been found in southern wisconsin or northern Illinois that might not be very well known? Just figured I'd ask. any info is appreciated. thanks!

I scoped out a great deal of the central area just north of the border (my folks live there). The best I found was a stone watertower (project still), and a stone barn (V5 traverse)....any true rock was all choss or too short.

Hello,

I just signed up, don't climb unless i have to.
i bought a rock that is better than rabbit rock in adams wi.
a few miles east of rabbit. strange area. curious about rock carvings
and animal burrows around it.

thanks,

Tom

Tom-

I'd be interested to check it out sometime Tom/ Are you interested in letting people climb on it?

Thanks,
James

Anyone climb around Niagara, Wi? It seems like there is a decently long and high cliff band with no houses on top or anything so it might be a city/county park. Maybe the mill there owns the part behind the mill but most of it seems pretty accessible. It does look quite virgin (dirty) though. It also looks like high quality High Cliff stone under the dirt/moss/etc. I checked out the Niagara's website and they don't really mention the cliffs specifically though it sounds like there are various other gorges, etc. in the area.

Accident/Fall as reported by "Baraboo News Republic":

http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/454871

So what does that last line in the report mean? "The man, whose name was not released, was climbing in an area not designated for that activity." ????

Any ideas where he was climbing? The quarry perhaps?

John-- see comments under Devil's Lake page. Jay should these comments be moved there to prevent duplication of info?

John:
Reagarding the rock slide you heard. I recall years ago my geology prof. saying how rare it was that people have witnessed significant "natural" rock slides or rock avalanches at Devils Lake.
He cited the angle of repose of the talus slopes and how tight the quartzite blocks are.
So if indeed a rock slide occured it was an exceptional event. I will be curious to hear more about this.