The Shooting Gallery
Shooting Gallery has 9 climbing routes in California.
- 9 routes
- 5.7 – 5.11c
- Sport · Trad
Is Shooting Gallery, The open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in Mountaintop Ranger District. It doesn't name Shooting Gallery, The, so check the source for the area it covers.
Radford Fire Closure Area
Agency closure covering Mountaintop Ranger District · Order 05-12-52-24-06 · USFS · Mountaintop Ranger District
Safety Alert - Falling Rocks at Bonita Falls
Agency alert covering San Bernardino National Forest · USFS · San Bernardino National Forest
Fire Restrictions
Agency alert covering San Bernardino National Forest · Order 05-12-00-26-05 · USFS · San Bernardino National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Mountaintop Ranger District. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit The Shooting Gallery
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.
Jan
46° / 24°
6 wet
Feb
46° / 24°
6 wet
Mar
51° / 27°
6 wet
Apr
57° / 31°
4 wet
May
66° / 37°
2 wet
Jun
75° / 43°
1 wet
Jul
80° / 50°
2 wet
Aug
79° / 49°
3 wet
Sep
73° / 44°
2 wet
Oct
63° / 35°
2 wet
Nov
53° / 28°
3 wet
Dec
46° / 24°
6 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Big Bear Lake, CA, 6 mi away at 6,753 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
The Shooting Gallery is a climbing area in the Mountaintop Ranger District of San Bernardino National Forest in California, managed by the Forest Service. It sits within the forest's ranger district boundaries. Summer is the most comfortable time to climb here. Typical averages from the nearby Big Bear Lake weather station run from highs around 75°F in June to about 80°F in July, with lows near 50°F. That station sits about 450 feet lower than the climbing area, so temperatures at the crag run a little cooler. Tanglewood Slab and Alpine Rock are both climbing areas within a mile of the Shooting Gallery. Tanglewood Group Camp is about 1.5 miles away, and the Cactus Flat Boundary hike is roughly 2.7 miles off.
Routes (9)
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