California · Bouldering · Santa Barbara

Jason's Favorite

One of nine problems at Ant Boulder, in the lower-middle range of the crag's grades.

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Best time to visit Jason's Favorite

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

    66° / 36°

    8 wet

  2. Feb

    67° / 36°

    9 wet

  3. Mar

    70° / 38°

    7 wet

  4. Apr

    76° / 41°

    4 wet

  5. May

    80° / 46°

    2 wet

  6. Jun

    88° / 49°

    0 wet

  7. Jul

    94° / 55°

    0 wet

  8. Aug

    96° / 54°

    0 wet

  9. Sep

    91° / 51°

    1 wet

  10. Oct

    83° / 45°

    2 wet

  11. Nov

    73° / 40°

    3 wet

  12. Dec

    64° / 34°

    6 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Gibraltar Dam #2, CA, 10.4 mi away at 1,558 ft. The station sits about 1,200 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

One of nine boulder problems catalogued at Ant Boulder, this climb sits in the lower-middle range of the crag's V0–V5 span.

Photo of the crag

Ant Boulder — the crag this route is on
Ant Boulder, California — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: DieselDemon, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

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