The Black Hole
Black Hole is a 5-route bouldering crag in California with routes spanning 3 difficulty grades.
- 5 routes
- V1 – V4
- Bouldering
Best time to visit The Black Hole
Best months: April–June and September–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.
Jan
43° / 24°
6 wet
Feb
49° / 27°
6 wet
Mar
56° / 31°
6 wet
Apr
61° / 34°
5 wet
May
70° / 40°
5 wet
Jun
79° / 45°
3 wet
Jul
88° / 51°
2 wet
Aug
87° / 49°
2 wet
Sep
80° / 43°
2 wet
Oct
67° / 36°
3 wet
Nov
52° / 28°
5 wet
Dec
42° / 24°
6 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Doyle 4 Sse, CA, 4.2 mi away at 4,390 ft. The station sits about 1,400 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
The Black Hole is a bouldering area on Bureau of Land Management land in California's Eagle Lake Field Office, about a tenth of a mile from the Pinkland climbing area. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Cow Skull Boulders and The West Face within a mile and Homestead Canyon about a mile away. The area is a bouldering destination with five routes, all rated between V1 and V4 on the V scale. Black Hole is the namesake route, a V1 boulder problem first climbed by Chad Suchoski in 2019. Black Velvet and Inane are both V3, and Head Start is the hardest at V4. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 70°F and October highs around 67°F, while July and August average in the upper 80s. That station sits roughly 1,400 feet lower than the boulders, so temperatures at the crag run cooler.
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