Grime Dog Wall
Grime Dog Wall in California has 6 routes with 5 difficulty grades, offering bouldering and sport climbing.
Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 6 routes
- V0 – V0-1
- Bouldering · Sport
Best time to visit Grime Dog Wall
Best months: Year-round. 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
65° / 44°
10 wet
Feb
65° / 44°
10 wet
Mar
68° / 46°
8 wet
Apr
70° / 48°
5 wet
May
72° / 49°
2 wet
Jun
70° / 51°
1 wet
Jul
70° / 54°
1 wet
Aug
71° / 55°
1 wet
Sep
72° / 54°
2 wet
Oct
73° / 53°
4 wet
Nov
69° / 46°
6 wet
Dec
65° / 44°
8 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Pismo Beach, CA, 0.6 mi away at 39 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Grime Dog Wall is a climbing area in California, about 0.2 miles from the community of Shell Beach. It sits among a cluster of hiking trails, with the Spring to Spring Trail and the Discovery & Spring to Spring Trails both within about a mile. The area offers both bouldering and sport climbing, with six routes listed in total. The bouldering routes are the most numerous, with four of them, including Grime Dog Wall North at V0-1 and High Road at V0. Two sport routes round out the options, and their grades sit at 5.9+ and 5.10c. For a change of pace, the Panhandle Trail is about 1.2 miles away. Climbers looking for more routes can head roughly 9 miles to Cerro San Luis Obispo.
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