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ADVANCEDThe Needles and the High Peak
≈ 4,000 steps + 29 mi by car1.9 mi on foot · 1 day or more · + 2 stretches not routedAdvanced II · 8 stops · 800 credGetting there is not the hard part.Two days in and around Custer State Park: the climb from Sylvan Lake to the stone lookout on Black Elk Peak, the Needles Highway and its granite spires and tunnels, then the fire tower on Mount Coolidge, a poet's cabin and a gold-rush stockade. The park charges a $25 vehicle licence for seven days. The Needles Highway and Mount Coolidge road close in winter.
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