Godzilla Buttress
Godzilla Buttress in California has 5 sport climbing routes across 4 difficulty grades.
- 5 routes
- 5.9 – 5.12a
- Sport
Best time to visit Godzilla Buttress
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.
Jan
68° / 38°
6 wet
Feb
68° / 39°
7 wet
Mar
69° / 41°
6 wet
Apr
73° / 43°
4 wet
May
77° / 49°
2 wet
Jun
84° / 52°
1 wet
Jul
90° / 57°
0 wet
Aug
92° / 59°
0 wet
Sep
90° / 55°
1 wet
Oct
82° / 49°
2 wet
Nov
74° / 43°
3 wet
Dec
67° / 37°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Ramona Fire Dept, CA, 3 mi away at 1,470 ft. The station sits about 900 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Godzilla Buttress is a sport climbing area in Iron Mountain Open Space, a city-managed open space in California. It sits among a cluster of climbing walls, with Sport Wall about 0.1 mile away and Ramona Wall and Miller Time Wall each about 0.2 mile off. The area is best suited to sport climbers, with five routes ranging from 5.9 to 5.12a. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Ramona show May highs around 77°F and October highs around 82°F, while July and August average in the low 90s. That station sits roughly 870 feet lower than the buttress, so temperatures on the rock run cooler. The routes include Godzilla, a 5.10b first ascended by Dave Kennedy in 1995, and Laser breath, a 5.11c by Clark Friedgen from the same year. For a walk, the Ernie Pantoja Memorial Trail is about 0.8 mile away, and the San Diego River offers paddling about 6 miles off.
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