Big Reach Arete Boulder
Big Reach Arete Boulder is a 6-route bouldering crag in California with 4 difficulty grades.
- 6 routes
- V0 – V1
- Bouldering
Is Big Reach Arete Boulder open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 4 alerts for Inyo National Forest.
Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in Effect
Agency alert covering Inyo National Forest · Order 05-04-50-26-23 · USFS · Inyo National Forest
Help Halt Golden Mussel Invasion
Agency alert covering Inyo National Forest · USFS · Inyo National Forest
Ansel Adams and John Muir Wilderness Campfire Restrictions
Agency alert covering Inyo National Forest · Order 05-04-50-25-04 · USFS · Inyo National Forest
Golden Trout and Hoover Wilderness Campfire Restrictions
Agency alert covering Inyo National Forest · Order 05-04-50-25-05 · USFS · Inyo National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Inyo National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit Big Reach Arete Boulder
Best months: May–September. 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
41° / 17°
Feb
41° / 18°
Mar
45° / 22°
Apr
51° / 27°
May
60° / 35°
Jun
70° / 42°
Jul
78° / 49°
Aug
77° / 47°
Sep
71° / 40°
Oct
61° / 30°
Nov
49° / 23°
Dec
41° / 17°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Mammoth Lakes Rs, CA, 11.3 mi away at 7,804 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Big Reach Arete Boulder is a bouldering area in the Mono Lake Ranger District of Inyo National Forest in California, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Warm Up Ridge and Warm Up Boulder just 0.1 mile away, and the Hartley Spur Trail also within a tenth of a mile. The area has six bouldering routes, all rated between V0- and V1 on the V scale. Big Reach Arete is one of them, and Crunchy Face and Jake's Traverse are the hardest at V1. The routes are all boulders, so there is no climbing on rock faces here. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Mammoth Lakes show July highs around 78°F with lows near 49°F, while winter highs stay around 41°F. Hartley Springs Campground is about 1.8 miles away, and Oh Ridge campground is about 1.6 miles off. For a longer outing, Rush Creek offers canoeing about 5 miles away.
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