Spearfish Scramble
A Spearfish Canyon Rock Climbing Competition
Hosted by The Black Hills Climbers Coalition
Description
Climb as many routes as you can clean in 10.5 hours. That means no falls, no hangs, no take. Points are awarded based on difficulty, and only clean sends count. Each team of two climbers will rack up points individually for individual total, and those scores will be added together for your team total.
You and your partner don’t have to climb the same routes, and you can climb at your own pace, in your own style, across all Spearfish Canyon crags, as long as the grades stay within your chosen division. Got a 5.10 climber and a 5.13 climber on the same team? Perfect.
Track your sends on the paper scorecard provided at registration. No solo entries, no outside belay help just you, your partner, and the canyon.
2026 Results
Top Climber in Each Bracket
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Remington Bremer | 160 pts
Cory Lindskov | 125 pts
Eli Ingle | 60 pts
(Total # of Points within Bracket)
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Remington Bremer | 7 Routes
Cory Lindskov | 6 Routes
Eli Ingle | 4 Routes
(Total # of Routes Climbed in Bracket)
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Ozzy Vega | 400 pts
James Parr | 365 pts
Blake Middleton | 165 pts
Julia Matthew | 165 pts
Blake Middleton | 165 pts
(Total # of Points within Bracket)
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James Parr | 5 Routes
Ozzy Vega | 4 Routes
Blake Middleton | 3 Routes
Julia Mathew | 3 Routes
(Total # of Routes Climbed in Bracket)
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Hayden Grosz | 710 pts
Jupiter Knight | 625 pts
Murray LaHood-Burns | 575 pts
Claudio Tejada | 540 pts
Brent Larson | 480 pts
Darren Redden | 405 pts
Paul May | 300 pts
Stan LaJoie | 160 pts
Cole Herman | 130 pts
Dawson Kenoyer | 52.5 pts
Jessi Ran | 105 pts
(Total # of Points within Bracket)
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Hayden Grosz | 6 Routes
Jupiter Knight | 5 Routes
Murray LaHood-Burns | 4 Routes
Brent Larson | 4 Routes
Claudio Tejada | 3 Routes
Darren Redden | 3 Routes
Paul May | 2 Routes
Cole Herman | 1 Route
Jessi Ran | 1 Route
Stan LaJoie | 1 Route
Dawson Kenoyer | 1 Route
(Total # of Routes Climbed in Bracket)
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Brian Stampe | 1480 pts
Logan Grosz | 1180 pts
Mark Ellefson | 780 pts
Lee Terveen | 560 pts
James May | 480 pts
Cody Keuhl | 0 pts
(Total # of Points within Bracket)
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Brian Stampe | 5 Routes
Logan Grosz | 4 Routes
Mark Ellefson | 3 Routes
James May | 2 Routes
Lee Terveen | 1 Route
Cody Keuhl | 0 Routes
(Total # of Routes Climbed in Bracket)
Top Team Overall
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“FAHHH!” - Cole Hermann + Cody Keuhl | 39 Routes
“Soft Boiled Senders” | Dawson Kenoyer + Jessi Ran | 20 Routes
“Juping til I Grosz” - Jupiter Knight + Hayden Grosz | 11 Routes
“B & C” - Brian Stampe + Cory Lindskov | 11 Routes
“Crimp’n Aint Easy” - Remington Bremer + Eli Ingle | 11 Routes
“Hounds on Dope” - James Parr + Ozzy Vega | 9 Routes
“Skin Ripper” - Brent Larson + Lee Terveen | 8 Routes
“On the DL” - Darren Redden + Logan Grosz | 7 Routes
“Bot Choss Boys” - Claudio Tejada + Murray LaHood-Burns | 7 Routes
“Los Huevos Rancheros” - Julia Mathew + Blake Middleton | 6 Routes
“Slab Maxxing” - Mark Ellefson + Stan LaJoie | 4 Routes
“The Brothers May” - Paul May + James May | 4 Routes
(Team Who Climbed the Most Routes Overall)
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“Hounds on Dope” - James Parr + Ozzy Vega | 145.7%
“Juping til I Grosz” - Jupiter Knight + Hayden Grosz | 142.6%
“Bot Choss Boys” - Claudio Tejada + Murray LaHood-Burns | 123.9%
“B & C” - Brian Stampe + Cory Lindskov | 109.2%
“On the DL” - Darren Redden + Logan Grosz | 92.2%
“Crimp’n Aint Easy” - Remington Bremer + Eli Ingle | 88 %
“Skin Ripper” - Brent Larson + Lee Terveen | 75.7%
“Los Huevos Rancheros” - Julia Mathew + Blake Middleton | 62.8%
“The Brothers May” - Paul May + James May | 52.5%
“Slab Maxxing” - Mark Ellefson + Stan LaJoie | 49%
“Soft Boiled Senders” | Dawson Kenoyer + Jessi Ran | 17.5%
“FAHH” - Cole Herman + Cody Keuhl | 14%
(Team with the Highest Percentile/Most Points per Bracket)
Scorecards
Etiquette
During a competition, honesty and respect matter more than ever. We trust you to play fair, send clean, and keep it classy. Share beta. Share routes. Share the stoke. Please be respectful to different speeds of climbers, we are all out here enjoying the limestone, different paces are OKAY.
Treat the canyon, the landowners, the routes, and each other with respect. This is a comp but it’s also a gathering of good humans.
Keep it fun. Keep it honest. Keep it scrambled.
Teams
Teams consist of two people. No solos. You and your partner don’t need to climb at the same bracket or even climb the same amount of routes, but you’ll both rack up points individually, and your totals will be combined for your team score. Only teammates can belay each other.
Divisions
We recommend registering for the division that matches your all-time hardest clean redpoint. Please note that routes climbed below your bracket's grade range will award 0 points toward your top-5 point total. However, any clean climb completed below your bracket still tallies directly toward the Most Routes Climbed (not your registered bracket award).
Over Easy: up to 5.10b
Sunny Side Up: 5.10b- 5.11b
Poached: 5.11b – 5.12b
Hard-Boiled: 5.12b and up
Each individual may climb and score a maximum of two routes above their division. If you climb more than two routes above the chosen division, you will be bumped up a division. This setup lets everyone push themselves while keeping things fair across the board.
Check In:
All teams must check in at Spearfish City Park on the morning of the event. If you haven’t pre-registered, day-of registration will also be available, but it must be completed by 8:00 AM sharp. No exceptions.
At check-in, you’ll:
Confirm your team name and division
Sign your waiver
Pay your registration (if not done before)
Collect your scorecard.
Event Flow
5:30 – 8:00 AM | Check-in and registration at Spearfish City Park
6:00 AM – 4:30 PM | 10.5 hours of climbing
4:00 - 5:30 PM | Return to town and submit your scorecard. (Location TBD)
All teams must return their scorecards no later than 5:30 PM.
Late submissions will not be counted so plan your day accordingly.
6:00 PM | Award Ceremony and After Party (Location TBD)
Logistics
[How to Earn Points]
Points are awarded based on the difficulty of the route and how cleanly you send it.
Lead Climb = 100% of points (please keep a tally of your total attempts)
Top Rope = 50% of points (clean, but on TR)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Free-soloing is absolutely not allowed.
[What Counts as a “Clean” Climb]
Completing a Route Clean: To complete a route, you must lead from the ground, clip gear as you go, have NO falls or hangs in one push all the way to the anchors. If you fall or hang, you’ll need to lower, pull the rope, and start all over. No “yo-yo”.
Top Rope: If your teammate already led the route, you’re allowed to top rope it. Top-roping must still be done clean to count (no taking, hanging or falling, must be lowered to the ground to start another try).
Stick-Clipping: Stick-clipping is allowed.
Skipping Bolts: Don’t skip bolts or climb recklessly. Anyone observed climbing in an unsafe or intentionally dangerous manner will be disqualified.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Top-roping a route you ALREADY LEAD, you will get no extra points. Top-roping another teams route will not count for either routes climbed or points.
[Point System]
Routes are pre-assigned a point value based on grade.
At the end of the day BHCC volunteers will add up scores. Attempts for lead climbs may be used for tie breakers.
[Example Scorecard]
[Award Categories]
Brackets
Over Easy: up to 5.10b
Sunny Side Up: 10b-11b
Poached: 5.11b – 5.12b
Hard-Boiled: 5.12b and up
Each bracket will have two awards:
Deviled Egg: Most Points in Bracket
Scrambled: Most Routes in Bracket
Overall Team Score:
Cage Free: Most Routes per Team
Double Yolker: Most Points per Team
To win the Double Yolker (Overall Team Points), teams are scored using a percentage of their division's max possible points rather than raw points, giving every team an equal shot. This is so we hope people push themselves, and if you are in a pair with someone who is in your bracket, you can still work as a team to get the most points via team!
Your individual percentage and your partner’s percentage are added together for a combined team score out of 200%.
Quick Example:
Partner A (Over Easy): Scores 250 out of 250 max division points = 100%
Partner B (Poached): Scores 800 out of 900 max division points = 88.8%
Combined Team Score: 100% + 88.8% =188.8%