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Painted Cave Boulder

Painted Cave Boulder in California has 5 bouldering routes across 4 grades.

Painted Cave BoulderPhoto: Kunstee, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
5 routes
V6 – V8+
Bouldering

Is Painted Cave Boulder open right now?

Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 4 alerts for Inyo National Forest.

As of · Source: USFS · Inyo National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Painted Cave Boulder

Best months: May–October. 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

    43° / 24°

    11 wet

  2. Feb

    44° / 23°

    11 wet

  3. Mar

    46° / 26°

    10 wet

  4. Apr

    50° / 29°

    8 wet

  5. May

    56° / 36°

    6 wet

  6. Jun

    66° / 42°

    3 wet

  7. Jul

    74° / 49°

    2 wet

  8. Aug

    74° / 49°

    1 wet

  9. Sep

    68° / 44°

    2 wet

  10. Oct

    58° / 37°

    4 wet

  11. Nov

    49° / 31°

    8 wet

  12. Dec

    44° / 25°

    10 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Huntington Lake, CA, 35.9 mi away at 7,020 ft. The station sits about 500 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Painted Cave Boulder is a bouldering area in the White Mountain Ranger District of Inyo National Forest in California, managed by the Forest Service. It sits about 0.1 mile from the Painted Cave Area and the Boneyard Area, so it pairs easily with those climbing spots. The climbing here is all bouldering, with five routes ranging from V6- to V8+. The Painted Cave route is the easiest at V6-, and the Slashface of the Buttermilks, Right and Undercling Problem are both V7. The hardest is the Slashface of the Buttermilks, Sit, at V8+. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the Huntington Lake weather station, about 36 miles away, show July and August highs around 74°F with lows near 49°F and only one or two wet days a month. Winter is much colder, with January highs around 43°F and lows near 24°F. Nearby, Mount Tom and Horton Lakes are both about 2.6 miles away, and Bitterbrush Campground is about 2.8 miles off. Horton Creek Campground is about 3.9 miles away.

Routes (5)

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