California · Bouldering · Santee

Funky Like a Monkey (aka Lieback Rock Traverse)

Among the harder problems at Lieback Rock's eight catalogued routes.

V3
grade
Bouldering Pads
style

Best time to visit Funky Like a Monkey (aka Lieback Rock Traverse)

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.

  1. Jan

    69° / 43°

    6 wet

  2. Feb

    69° / 44°

    6 wet

  3. Mar

    71° / 48°

    5 wet

  4. Apr

    75° / 51°

    3 wet

  5. May

    76° / 56°

    2 wet

  6. Jun

    81° / 59°

    1 wet

  7. Jul

    86° / 63°

    1 wet

  8. Aug

    89° / 65°

    0 wet

  9. Sep

    87° / 62°

    1 wet

  10. Oct

    81° / 56°

    2 wet

  11. Nov

    75° / 47°

    3 wet

  12. Dec

    69° / 42°

    5 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at El Cajon, CA, 6.4 mi away at 495 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

This is among the harder problems at Lieback Rock, where eight routes have been catalogued across the V0–V3 range.

Keep exploring — more climbs worth the drive

Middle EarthPhoto: The Dye Clan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Middle Earth

~4 min drive

Middle Earth in California has 49 climbing routes across 17 grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad styles.

Beehive Boulders

~0 min drive

Beehive Boulders in California has 12 climbing routes with 9 difficulty grades.

Moby Dick Area

~0 min drive

Moby Dick Area in California has 8 routes across 7 grades, offering bouldering and sport climbing.

The Amphitheater

~0 min drive

Amphitheater is a bouldering crag in California with 13 routes.

Animal Boulder

~0 min drive

5 bouldering routes in California spanning 4 difficulty grades.

Painted Crack Boulder

~0 min drive

Painted Crack Boulder in California has 6 routes across 5 grades, offering bouldering, sport, and trad.

Lonesome Boulder

~0 min drive

Lonesome Boulder in California has 10 climbing routes across 7 difficulty grades.

The Donkey Dick Area

~0 min drive

Donkey Dick Area, The in California has 6 climbing routes with sport and trad styles.

Synchronicity Area

~0 min drive

Synchronicity Area in California has 6 routes with 5 difficulty grades, offering bouldering and sport climbing.

Round Rock

~0 min drive

Round Rock is a 6-route bouldering crag in California with 5 difficulty grades.