Almost A Tunnel
Almost A Tunnel in Colorado has 7 routes across 5 grades, offering sport and trad climbing.
- 7 routes
- 5.8 – 5.11a
- Sport · Trad
Best time to visit Almost A Tunnel
Best months: May–September. 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
41° / 11°
4 wet
Feb
43° / 14°
5 wet
Mar
50° / 21°
6 wet
Apr
56° / 27°
6 wet
May
67° / 36°
7 wet
Jun
78° / 43°
7 wet
Jul
83° / 49°
12 wet
Aug
80° / 47°
12 wet
Sep
74° / 40°
8 wet
Oct
62° / 29°
6 wet
Nov
50° / 20°
5 wet
Dec
40° / 11°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Buena Vista 2s, CO, 4.1 mi away at 7,954 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Almost A Tunnel is a climbing area in Colorado on Bureau of Land Management land within the Royal Gorge Field Office. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Turtle Rocks Camping Area, The Corridor and Turtle Rocks all about 0.1 mile away. Elephant Rock Campground is about 0.3 mile off, making it an easy base for a day or longer on the rock. The area has seven routes, six of them sport and one trad. Grades run from 5.8 up to 5.11a, with the median around 5.10b. Among the named routes are This 5.8, a trad climb, and Swimming In the Wind, a sport route with a first ascent by Doug Ranck in the late 1990s. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Buena Vista show May highs around 67°F and September highs around 74°F, while July and August bring the most wet days, about 12 each month.
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