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Chardonnay Champagne

One of 17 routes at The Cattle Pocket, spanning Easy 5th to 5.13a.

5.9
grade
Sport Bolted
style

Best time to visit Chardonnay Champagne

Best months: February–May and October–November. 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

    58° / 30°

    4 wet

  2. Feb

    61° / 33°

    4 wet

  3. Mar

    69° / 39°

    3 wet

  4. Apr

    76° / 44°

    1 wet

  5. May

    85° / 53°

    1 wet

  6. Jun

    96° / 62°

    1 wet

  7. Jul

    102° / 67°

    1 wet

  8. Aug

    101° / 65°

    1 wet

  9. Sep

    93° / 58°

    1 wet

  10. Oct

    81° / 48°

    1 wet

  11. Nov

    67° / 36°

    2 wet

  12. Dec

    57° / 29°

    4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Independence, CA, 14 mi away at 3,950 ft. The station sits about 800 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.

One of 17 routes catalogued at The Cattle Pocket, this climb sits in the lower-to-middle range of the crag's Easy 5th to 5.13a span.

Photo of the crag

The Cattle Pocket — the crag this route is on
The Cattle Pocket, California — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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