Free Beer Area
Free Beer Area is a 6-route bouldering crag in California with 5 difficulty grades.
- 6 routes
- V0- – V3-
- Bouldering
Is Free Beer Area open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in Mountaintop Ranger District. It doesn't name Free Beer Area, so check the source for the area it covers.
Radford Fire Closure Area
Agency closure covering Mountaintop Ranger District · Order 05-12-52-24-06 · USFS · Mountaintop Ranger District
Safety Alert - Falling Rocks at Bonita Falls
Agency alert covering San Bernardino National Forest · USFS · San Bernardino National Forest
Fire Restrictions
Agency alert covering San Bernardino National Forest · Order 05-12-00-26-05 · USFS · San Bernardino National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Mountaintop Ranger District. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit Free Beer Area
Best months: May–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
46° / 24°
6 wet
Feb
46° / 24°
6 wet
Mar
51° / 27°
6 wet
Apr
57° / 31°
4 wet
May
66° / 37°
2 wet
Jun
75° / 43°
1 wet
Jul
80° / 50°
2 wet
Aug
79° / 49°
3 wet
Sep
73° / 44°
2 wet
Oct
63° / 35°
2 wet
Nov
53° / 28°
3 wet
Dec
46° / 24°
6 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Big Bear Lake, CA, 4.9 mi away at 6,753 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.
Free Beer Area is a bouldering area in the Mountaintop Ranger District of San Bernardino National Forest in California, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with the Free Beer Corridor and King Rock both about 0.1 mile away. The area is a bouldering destination, with six routes all rated on the V scale. The easiest are V0- and V0, and the hardest reach V3. The routes include Beer is Food Too, The Low Blow and Total Domination. Summer is the warmest stretch. Typical averages from the nearby Big Bear Lake weather station, which sits about 800 feet lower, show July highs around 80°F with lows near 50°F. Winter is cold, with January highs around 46°F and lows near 24°F. Tanglewood Group Camp is about a mile away, and Van Dusen Canyon Spur is about 1.5 miles off. Big Bear Lake Recreation Area is about 3.4 miles away, and Holcomb Valley Ranch is about 2.3 miles away.
Routes (6)
Beer Boulder(2)
Beer is Food Too Boulder(1)
Fall of Man Wall(2)
Low Blow Boulder, The(1)
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