Buick Rocks and Hitler's Sex Life
10-route climbing area in Colorado with mixed, sport, and trad styles.
- 10 routes
- 5.7 – 5.11a
- Trad · Sport · Mixed
Best time to visit Buick Rocks and Hitler's Sex Life
Best months: May–June and August–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
44° / 15°
4 wet
Feb
45° / 17°
4 wet
Mar
53° / 25°
5 wet
Apr
60° / 31°
8 wet
May
68° / 41°
10 wet
Jun
80° / 49°
8 wet
Jul
87° / 55°
8 wet
Aug
84° / 53°
8 wet
Sep
76° / 45°
7 wet
Oct
63° / 34°
5 wet
Nov
51° / 24°
4 wet
Dec
43° / 16°
4 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Waterdale, CO, 14.2 mi away at 5,230 ft. The station sits about 600 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Buick Rocks and Hitler's Sex Life is a climbing area in Colorado on county land within the Musser unit, about 0.8 miles from Tomato Rock and the Northwest Formation. The name is a curious mix of a car brand and a historical footnote, and the place is a cluster of rock faces with a range of routes for climbers of different styles and grades. The area has 10 routes, with six of them trad, two mixed and two sport. The grades run from 5.7 up to 5.11a, with The Buick at 5.10a and Pontiac at 5.11a. Yo Mama, Osama is a mixed route at 5.7, and The Buick is a trad route at 5.10a. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from the nearby Waterdale weather station, which sits about 567 feet lower than the area, show May highs around 68°F and September highs around 76°F, with July peaking near 87°F. The closest neighbors are Tomato Rock and the Northwest Formation, both about 0.8 miles away, and the Night Hawk Trail and Antelope Trail, both about 1.4 miles away.
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