PUMPFEST 2022
Our annual Custer State Park Climbing Festival is HERE!
This years festival will be held behind Sylvan Lake in the Inner Outlet Climbing Area. We setting up ropes along the formations of Inner Outlet, Vertigo View, Inner Course, Practice Rock, & Podunk Pinnacle, giving you dozens of options to climb some of CSP’s most classic routes.
Following the climbing we will be having an after party at the South Dakota Outdoor Shop (632 Mt. Rushmore Rd), where we will have live music, guest speakers, gear giveaways, raffles, games & more.
If you would like to volunteer please contact us through our “contact page” and we will provide you with some complementary BHCC gear.
Schedule Breakdown
8:30AM: Meet at the Outlet Parking lot for coffee and to disperse ropes/equipment.
9AM: Disperse and set up top ropes in the Inner Outlet Area.
9AM - 12PM: Sylvan Rocks Climbing Clinic. (Sign up and Information Below)
9:30AM - 3:00PM: CLIMB!
3-3:30PM: Remove top ropes.
4-4:30PM: Arrive at South Dakota Outdoor Shop.
5-6PM: Games, Booths, Gear Giveaways
6-9PM: Live Music (The Miller Lite Orchestra), Raffles, Games, Beer, & More
Sylvan Rocks Climbing Clinic
Sylvan Rocks Climbing School is pleased to offer an introduction to top rope climbing clinic on July 30th at the annual Pumpfest Climbing Festival! If you’ve never climbed outside, now is you chance, and to do with one of the best guide schools around!
Sylvan Rocks will be climbing in the Outlets climbing area behind Sylvan Lake from 9:00 AM to Noon, and offering the opportunity to try climbing 1 or 2 beginner outdoor routes (number of routes is dependent on the number of participants).
Participants must be 18 years or older OR have a parent/guardian present. The sign up cost is $20 (plus tax); harness, helmet, and shoes will be provided and pre-registration is REQUIRED!
Please call 605-484-7585 to sign up today!
Area Overview
For a limited time only, the parking lot we will be using is the Sylvan Lake Lodge dirt lot located below the lodge and behind the Sylvan Lake damn. This is opened to us for the event by Custer State Park so we limit out parking impact on the other visitors of the Park. Green box in the map below.
The climbing routes that will have top ropes are mainly concentrated in the red highlighted box in the map below.
Map courtesy of Chris Hirsch.