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Old Castle Bouldering

Old Castle Bouldering in California has 5 bouldering routes across 4 grades.

5 routes
V0 – V5-6
Bouldering

Best time to visit Old Castle Bouldering

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

    66° / 46°

    7 wet

  2. Feb

    65° / 46°

    7 wet

  3. Mar

    67° / 48°

    6 wet

  4. Apr

    69° / 50°

    4 wet

  5. May

    71° / 55°

    3 wet

  6. Jun

    74° / 58°

    1 wet

  7. Jul

    79° / 62°

    1 wet

  8. Aug

    81° / 63°

    0 wet

  9. Sep

    80° / 61°

    1 wet

  10. Oct

    76° / 56°

    2 wet

  11. Nov

    71° / 50°

    4 wet

  12. Dec

    65° / 45°

    6 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Vista, CA, 6.4 mi away at 430 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Old Castle Bouldering is a bouldering area in California, about 1.7 miles from Lawrence Welk Resort Village. It sits among a cluster of climbing areas, with The Wild Wild West and Main Wall (aka The Gorilla Head Buttress) each about 0.1 mile away and The Dihedral Wall at a similar distance. The Old Castle climbing area is about 0.2 mile off. The bouldering here is all on the V scale, with five routes ranging from V0 to V5-6. The easiest is Fingers to the Sky at V0, and the hardest is Indian Cave Traverse at V5-6. Queen McSteve Traverse and Cracker Jack are both V2, and More please! is V3. The most comfortable months for a visit are typically May and June, when typical averages from the nearby Vista weather station run from highs around 71°F to 74°F with only a few wet days. Summer is warmer, with August highs near 81°F and almost no rain. Winter is cooler, with highs in the mid-60s and about six to seven wet days a month. For a change from the rocks, Bobcat Trail is about 4.6 miles away and Burnt Mountain Trail about 4.9 miles. Agua Tibia Creek, a paddling spot, is roughly 8.5 miles off.

Routes (5)

Lonely Tree Boulder, The(1)

Cracker JackV2

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