The Pentaverate, is an admittedly arbitrary and contrived collection of five of the best "ridges" Devil's Lake has to offer. Alliteration aside, this linkup is great tour of the park, good training for moving fast in the mountains, and a fun way to get whole-body workout in.1. Pseudo Ridge (4 pitches)2. B-minor Mass & Flotsam and Jetsam (2 pitches)3. Balanced Rock Ridge (3-4 pitches)4. Lumby Ridge (3 pitches)5. Turk's Head Ridge (7-8 pitches)The preferred style for The Pentaverate is to start at the CCC parking lot sign, hammer out the four ridges on the East Bluff, run the tracks to the north end of the Lake, grab an ice cream sandwich at the Chateau, bust to the Tumbled Rocks trail, do Turk's Head Ridge, then sprint back to the CCC lot via the West Bluff Trail and South Shore Road. The watch (if you're timing it) starts and stops at the info sign in the CCC lot by the iron ranger pay box.

The Pentaverate

Half Century Scrambler

Devil's Lake Ridge Run

10/10/10

[Also known as "the old man's birthday challenge"] 

I'm putting this entry here as a place-holder.  As more people complete 50-route days, I hope they will add their lists of routes in the comments.

  What could be more pleasant than going for 50 routes in a day, all ground up?  This challenges your capacity for climbing logistics, your ability to keep focused and moving, and is also a pleasant work out. 

  Should take climbers of moderate ability about 10 hours to complete.

Climb multiple ridges throughout the park.  It ended up being approx. 30 pitches for us.  You could do more or less depending on how you link your pitches. 

  West Bluff:   1. Twin Ridges- North and South Ridges   2. Turks Head Ridge   3. Cleo's Ridge via Southeast side   East Bluff:   4. Lumby Ridge   5. Lothar's Ledges   6. Balanced Rock Ridge via Sunken Pillar   7. Minor Mass Ridge- via B-Minor Mass into Flotsam and Jetsam

The 10/10/10 is another fun contrived day at DL. (I am not an advocate of unroped climbing). Boulder 10 problems, lead 10 routes and solo 10 pitches. East bluff works well for this but I'm sure there are other areas that it could work out well also...

Link-ups, contrivances, and epics that involve multiple areas throughout the park.

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