California · Rock climbing · San Luis Obispo

Hidden Gully

Hidden Gully in California has 6 routes across 6 grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad climbing.

Hidden GullyPhoto: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
6 routes
5.4 – 5.12
Mixed · Sport · Trad

Best time to visit Hidden Gully

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.

  1. Jan

    65° / 44°

    9 wet

  2. Feb

    65° / 44°

    9 wet

  3. Mar

    67° / 46°

    8 wet

  4. Apr

    69° / 47°

    4 wet

  5. May

    72° / 49°

    2 wet

  6. Jun

    76° / 52°

    1 wet

  7. Jul

    78° / 54°

    0 wet

  8. Aug

    80° / 55°

    0 wet

  9. Sep

    80° / 54°

    1 wet

  10. Oct

    78° / 52°

    3 wet

  11. Nov

    71° / 47°

    5 wet

  12. Dec

    64° / 44°

    8 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at San Luis Obispo Poly, CA, 2 mi away at 308 ft. The station sits about 1,100 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Hidden Gully is a climbing area in Bunnell Open Space, a city-managed open space in California. It sits among several other climbing spots, with Good Times on Planet Earth, The Cube and True Summit Block all about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here runs from sport and trad routes to mixed climbs, with grades ranging from 5.4 up to 5.12. Among the named routes are Once You Go Rack, a trad climb at 5.9+, and Flint's Stone, a sport route at 5.12. The area also has Corridor Crack at 5.10b and Let The Paramedics Sort It Out at 5.11d. Summer is the driest stretch, with typical highs around 80°F and almost no wet days from July through September, based on averages from a nearby weather station. Winter brings highs in the mid-60s and about nine wet days a month.

Routes (6)

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