California · Bouldering · Chico

Heat Wave

Among the harder problems at Brown Hole in Upper Bidwell Park.

V4-
grade
Bouldering Pads
style

Best time to visit Heat Wave

Best months: October–May. 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

    56° / 36°

  2. Feb

    62° / 38°

  3. Mar

    67° / 42°

  4. Apr

    73° / 45°

  5. May

    81° / 52°

  6. Jun

    89° / 57°

  7. Jul

    95° / 61°

  8. Aug

    94° / 59°

  9. Sep

    91° / 55°

  10. Oct

    80° / 47°

  11. Nov

    65° / 40°

  12. Dec

    57° / 36°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Chico Univ Farm, CA, 8.8 mi away at 185 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

One of the harder problems at Upper Bidwell Park's Brown Hole sector, where 12 routes have been catalogued across the V0 to V4- range.

Photo of the crag

Upper Bidwell Park — the crag this route is on
Upper Bidwell Park, California — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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