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Slight Inducement Area

Slight Inducement Area in California has 11 bouldering routes across 8 grades.

Slight Inducement AreaPhoto: Kunstee, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
11 routes
V0- – V4
Bouldering

Best time to visit Slight Inducement Area

Best months: April–May and 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

    56° / 24°

    4 wet

  2. Feb

    59° / 26°

    4 wet

  3. Mar

    67° / 31°

    3 wet

  4. Apr

    74° / 37°

    2 wet

  5. May

    83° / 44°

    2 wet

  6. Jun

    94° / 51°

    1 wet

  7. Jul

    100° / 57°

    1 wet

  8. Aug

    98° / 54°

    1 wet

  9. Sep

    90° / 47°

    1 wet

  10. Oct

    78° / 37°

    1 wet

  11. Nov

    64° / 27°

    2 wet

  12. Dec

    55° / 22°

    3 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Bishop Ap, CA, 6.2 mi away at 4,102 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Slight Inducement Area is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in the Bishop Field Office, about 6 miles from Bishop, California. It sits within the BLM's Bishop Field Office, and the land is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Bishop show April highs around 74°F and October highs around 78°F, while July averages about 100°F and winter lows dip into the mid-20s. The Slight Inducement Boulder and the Cleopatra Area both lie about 0.1 mile away. The Happy Boulders Trail is about half a mile off, and Pleasant Valley Pit Campground is roughly 3.4 miles away.

Routes (11)

Blight Induced Boulder(1)

Problem 1V3-

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