California · Rock climbing · Borrego Springs

Vector Boulder

Vector Boulder in California offers 11 bouldering routes across 7 difficulty grades.

Vector BoulderPhoto: RuggyBearLA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
11 routes
V0 – V7
Bouldering

Best time to visit Vector Boulder

Best months: February–June and October–November. 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

    60° / 31°

    7 wet

  2. Feb

    61° / 32°

    8 wet

  3. Mar

    65° / 35°

    8 wet

  4. Apr

    69° / 38°

    5 wet

  5. May

    75° / 43°

    3 wet

  6. Jun

    85° / 46°

    1 wet

  7. Jul

    92° / 53°

    1 wet

  8. Aug

    93° / 54°

    1 wet

  9. Sep

    89° / 49°

    2 wet

  10. Oct

    79° / 40°

    3 wet

  11. Nov

    68° / 34°

    5 wet

  12. Dec

    60° / 30°

    7 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Henshaw Dam, CA, 17.6 mi away at 2,700 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Vector Boulder is a bouldering area in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California, managed by State Park and Recreation. It sits among a cluster of climbing areas, with Vector Crack Area, Wolf Area and Cottonwood Area all about 0.1 mile away, and Chocolate Boulder about 0.2 mile off. The climbing here is all bouldering, with 11 routes ranging from V0 to V7. The easiest are Salad Days at V0+ and Vector Flake/Crack Traverse at V1, while Canadian Bacon is a V6 and 2nd Black Robot a V7. The latter was first climbed by Matt Beebe in February 2021. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Henshaw Dam show May highs around 75°F and October highs around 79°F, while July and August average in the low 90s. For a walk nearby, the California Riding & Hiking Trail and Culp Valley Trail are each about a mile away, and Peña Springs Trail is also about a mile off.

Routes (11)

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