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Ridgeline Boulders

Ridgeline Boulders in California has 5 bouldering routes across 2 difficulty grades.

5 routes
V0-1 – V1-2
Bouldering

Is Ridgeline Boulders open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. It doesn't name Ridgeline Boulders, so check the source for the area it covers.

As of · Source: USFS · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Ridgeline Boulders

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

    37° / 22°

  2. Feb

    38° / 22°

  3. Mar

    43° / 25°

  4. Apr

    49° / 27°

  5. May

    58° / 34°

  6. Jun

    69° / 40°

  7. Jul

    77° / 46°

  8. Aug

    76° / 46°

  9. Sep

    69° / 41°

  10. Oct

    58° / 34°

  11. Nov

    44° / 27°

  12. Dec

    38° / 21°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Tahoma, CA, 1.6 mi away at 6,315 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Ridgeline Boulders is a bouldering area in California's Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among the boulders and rock on the basin's edge, and Dutch Christmas Boulder lies just 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is all bouldering, with eight routes ranging from V0-1 to V1-2. The grades are soft on the lower end, with most sitting around V0-1 and a few tipping into V1-2. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from the nearby Tahoma weather station show July highs around 77°F and lows near 46°F, while winter highs sit in the upper 30s. Meeks Bay Campground is half a mile away, and the Meeks Bay Trail is about 0.6 mile off. The Tahoe Yosemite Trail passes within a mile, and the South Fire Road offers mountain biking at about 0.9 mile.

Routes (5)

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