California · Bouldering · Bakersfield

The Grim Reacher

One of three problems at The Rancheria Boulder in Lower Kern River Canyon.

V1
grade
Bouldering Pads
style

Best time to visit The Grim Reacher

Best months: October–May. 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

    58° / 39°

    6 wet

  2. Feb

    64° / 41°

    6 wet

  3. Mar

    69° / 45°

    5 wet

  4. Apr

    74° / 49°

    4 wet

  5. May

    83° / 57°

    2 wet

  6. Jun

    91° / 64°

    0 wet

  7. Jul

    97° / 70°

    0 wet

  8. Aug

    96° / 69°

    0 wet

  9. Sep

    91° / 64°

    1 wet

  10. Oct

    80° / 54°

    2 wet

  11. Nov

    67° / 44°

    3 wet

  12. Dec

    59° / 38°

    5 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Bakersfield 5 Nw, CA, 12.6 mi away at 470 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

One of three bouldering problems catalogued at The Rancheria Boulder in Lower Kern River Canyon's V1–V3 range.

Photo of the crag

Lower Kern River Canyon — the crag this route is on
Lower Kern River Canyon, California — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Qwert üpoiuz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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