Cow Skull Boulders
Cow Skull Boulders in California has 22 routes across 12 difficulty grades, offering bouldering and sport climbing.
- 22 routes
- V0+ – V5
- Bouldering · Sport
Best time to visit Cow Skull Boulders
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, 3.5 mi away at 4,390 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Cow Skull Boulders is a bouldering area on Bureau of Land Management land within the Eagle Lake Field Office in California. It sits among a cluster of climbing areas in the region, with Homestead Canyon about half a mile away and Pinkland and The Black Hole each about 0.8 mile off. The climbing here is almost entirely bouldering, with 26 boulder problems and one sport route among the 27 routes. Grades on the V scale run from V0- up to V5, with V1 the median, and the sport route sits at 5.12+. Among the named problems are "Synapsis" at V1, "Anti-Socialist" at V3, and "The Spud" at V5. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 70°F and October highs around 67°F, while July and August average highs in the upper 80s. Close by are Homestead Canyon, Pinkland, The Black Hole and The West Face, about 1.5 miles away.
Routes (22)
Cow Pile Boulder(1)
Cow Skull #1(2)
Cow Skull #2(3)
Cow Skull #3(2)
Cow Skull #4(2)
Cow Skull #6(2)
Cow Skull #9(4)
Millennial Boulder, The(3)
Pinworm, The(1)
Potato, The(1)
Tombstone, The(1)
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