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Boney Bluff

Boney Bluff in California has 13 sport climbing routes across 8 difficulty grades.

13 routes

5.11b – 5.13d

Sport

Is Boney Bluff open right now?

No closures listed

The National Park Service lists no closures for Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

As of Oct 23, 7:00 pm PDT · Source: NPS · Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Boney Bluff

Best months: October–June. 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°
6 wet
Feb
68° / 47°
7 wet
Mar
71° / 49°
5 wet
Apr
75° / 52°
3 wet
May
78° / 56°
1 wet
Jun
84° / 60°
1 wet
Jul
90° / 64°
0 wet
Aug
92° / 64°
0 wet
Sep
89° / 62°
1 wet
Oct
82° / 56°
2 wet
Nov
74° / 50°
4 wet
Dec
67° / 46°
6 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Northridge Cal State, CA, 26.4 mi away at 904 ft. The station sits about 1,500 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Boney Bluff is a sport climbing area in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California, managed by the National Park Service. It sits within the recreation area's network of routes, with the Backbone Trail about half a mile away and the Tri Peaks Trail arms within a mile. The climbing here is all sport, with 13 routes spread across a range of grades from 5.11b to 5.13d. The hardest of them is Atmosphere, a 5.13d first climbed by Louie Anderson in 1997, and Outrage and Sureshot are both 5.13a. Most of the routes were also first ascents by Anderson in the mid to late 1990s. Winter and early spring are the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station run from highs around 67°F in December to about 75°F in April, while summer highs there reach the low 90s. That station sits well below the bluff, so temperatures on the rock run cooler. There is no fee to climb here.