Cliff Drive, Sept 2024
As a student at Michigan Tech, friends and I used to drive out to the rock tailings at Cliff Drive past Ahmeek, Michigan to scavenge minerals from the tailing piles and drink beer at the Cliff View Bar, never bothering to do more than occasionally glance up at the beautiful basalt cliffs looming west above us– Good Times. Fast forward to today where those basalt cliffs are now recognized as harboring some of the best rock climbing routes in the Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Obsession Area
Giselle pulling through the Obsession Roof.
JC Area
Giselle on the super J.C. Superstar
Rock and Ice hardman Luke Baker and Giselle doing the rap above the mighty Cliff Drive.
An excellent adventure– Top of the cliff.
Resources: A Rock Climbers Guide to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Mountain Project, MI Upper Peninsula