California · Rock climbing · Santa Barbara

Barbeque Boulder

Barbeque Boulder in California has 5 bouldering routes across 5 difficulty grades.

Photo: Niranjan Arminius, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

5 routes

V0 – V1-

Bouldering

Best time to visit Barbeque Boulder

Best months: Year-round. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

Jan
67° / 47°
7 wet
Feb
67° / 47°
7 wet
Mar
68° / 49°
7 wet
Apr
71° / 51°
3 wet
May
72° / 54°
2 wet
Jun
73° / 57°
1 wet
Jul
76° / 60°
0 wet
Aug
78° / 60°
0 wet
Sep
78° / 60°
1 wet
Oct
76° / 56°
2 wet
Nov
71° / 50°
3 wet
Dec
66° / 46°
6 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Santa Barbara, CA, 2.7 mi away at 16 ft. The station sits about 900 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Barbeque Boulder is a bouldering area in Skofield Park, a city-managed park in California. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Cracked Boulder and the broader Skofield Park climbing area both about 0.1 mile away. The bouldering here is all on the V0 to V1 scale, with five routes listed. Eager 1 is the easiest at V0-, and Chunks O' Flesh is the hardest at V1. Gorehound and Bernz O' Matic sit in the middle at V0 and V0+. The weather is mild year-round, with typical averages from a nearby Santa Barbara weather station showing highs around 76 to 78°F from July through September and lows near 60°F. That station sits about 850 feet lower than the park, so temperatures on the boulders run cooler. For more time in the park, the Rattlesnake hike is 0.3 mile away and the Historic Olive Grove Loop Trail is 0.8 mile away. Upper Oso Campground, about 7.7 miles off, offers a place to stay.