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Crystal Lake Wall

Crystal Lake Wall in California has 16 routes with mixed and trad climbing.

16 routes
5.4 – 5.11
Trad · Mixed

Is Crystal Lake Wall open right now?

Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 7 alerts for Angeles National Forest.

As of · Source: USFS · Angeles National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Crystal Lake Wall

Best months: April–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.

  1. Jan

    48° / 26°

    5 wet

  2. Feb

    48° / 25°

    8 wet

  3. Mar

    54° / 29°

    6 wet

  4. Apr

    60° / 32°

    4 wet

  5. May

    69° / 39°

    2 wet

  6. Jun

    78° / 44°

    1 wet

  7. Jul

    83° / 53°

    2 wet

  8. Aug

    82° / 51°

    2 wet

  9. Sep

    75° / 46°

    2 wet

  10. Oct

    64° / 37°

    3 wet

  11. Nov

    55° / 29°

    4 wet

  12. Dec

    47° / 25°

    5 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Wrightwood, CA, 12.1 mi away at 6,000 ft. The station sits about 600 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.

Crystal Lake Wall is a climbing area in California's Angeles National Forest, within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Ranger District. The Forest Service manages the land, and the area sits among a cluster of trails, campsites and other climbing spots, making it an easy base for a day on the rock. The most comfortable months for a visit are typically May and September, when typical averages from the nearby Wrightwood weather station run from highs around 69°F to 75°F. Winter brings highs in the upper 40s and lows in the mid-20s, and the station sits about 566 feet lower than the wall, so temperatures up high run cooler. Sixteen routes are listed, mostly trad with a couple of mixed, ranging from 5.4 to 5.11. Butterface is the easiest at 5.4, and Projekt 611 is the hardest at 5.11. The Lost Ridge Trail and Lake Trail both start about half a mile away, and the Deer Flat campground is a short walk off. Crystal Lake Crag, another climbing area, lies under a mile away.

Routes (16)

Project Adadictame5.10+DirtguyFA: Crusty Bill5.10bProjekt 6115.11ButterfaceFA: Probably a bunch of ants.5.4Clown SyndromeFA: Chris C. and Taco, or perhaps it was 47 clowns, or everyone in Nickelback.5.7Fried Chiggin ButtressFA: Dangerous Dave, the Turntable Slave (or Taco and Amanda)5.7Incomplete/AvoidFA: Big Dave, whoever the hell that is.5.7An Inconvenient RoofFA: Some dumb sorority girl from Orange County. McKenna or something.5.8Ghetto HeismanFA: SWAG TEAM 65.8Swayze ExpressFA: Probably a bunch of lizards or beetles or something.5.8+[Redacted]FA: This guy and Gabriel L, or someone 1,500 years ago or those ants. Probably the ants.5.9Adam and SteveFA: Some guys ruining the sanctity of marriage or something stupid like that.5.9Attack of the ClownsFA: wen u tryna stunt but bae's bitch game on fleek doe5.9Backyard BoogieFA: That one British dude from Jurassic Park5.9The Silent GameFA: This guy and Gabriel L, or maybe Cal Worthington and Snoop Dogg.5.9+Approach SlabsFA: Chuck E. Cheese and the cast of that godawful musical 'Cats'Easy 5th

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