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Beehive Area

Beehive Area in California has 7 bouldering routes with 6 difficulty grades.

Beehive AreaPhoto: Kunstee, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
7 routes
V4 – V14
Bouldering

Is Beehive Area open right now?

Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 4 alerts for Inyo National Forest.

As of · Source: USFS · Inyo National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Beehive Area

Best months: May–October. 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.

  1. Jan

    43° / 24°

    11 wet

  2. Feb

    44° / 23°

    11 wet

  3. Mar

    46° / 26°

    10 wet

  4. Apr

    50° / 29°

    8 wet

  5. May

    56° / 36°

    6 wet

  6. Jun

    66° / 42°

    3 wet

  7. Jul

    74° / 49°

    2 wet

  8. Aug

    74° / 49°

    1 wet

  9. Sep

    68° / 44°

    2 wet

  10. Oct

    58° / 37°

    4 wet

  11. Nov

    49° / 31°

    8 wet

  12. Dec

    44° / 25°

    10 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Huntington Lake, CA, 36.3 mi away at 7,020 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

The Beehive Area is a climbing area in the White Mountain Ranger District of Inyo National Forest in California, on city-managed land. It sits within the White Mountain Ranger District, about 36 miles from the Huntington Lake weather station, which sits at a similar elevation. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from that station show July and August highs around 74°F with lows near 49°F and only one or two wet days a month. Winter is much colder, with January highs around 43°F and lows near 24°F. The Secrets of the Beehive Area and Luminance Block climbing areas both lie about 0.1 mile away. Horton Creek Campground is about 3 miles off, and the Mount Tom hike is about 3.2 miles away.

Routes (7)

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