Deer Ridge Buttress
Deer Ridge Buttress in Colorado has 8 traditional climbing routes across 7 grades.
Photo: raganmd, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- 8 routes
- 5.4 – 5.10b/c
- Trad
Is Deer Ridge Buttress open right now?
No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for Rocky Mountain National Park.
As of · Source: NPS · Rocky Mountain National Park. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit Deer Ridge Buttress
Best months: June and 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
31° / 11°
9 wet
Feb
33° / 10°
9 wet
Mar
40° / 15°
10 wet
Apr
45° / 20°
10 wet
May
55° / 28°
10 wet
Jun
68° / 36°
10 wet
Jul
74° / 43°
13 wet
Aug
72° / 41°
14 wet
Sep
65° / 34°
10 wet
Oct
51° / 25°
8 wet
Nov
39° / 18°
9 wet
Dec
31° / 11°
9 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Hourglass Rsvr, CO, 13.6 mi away at 9,520 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Deer Ridge Buttress is a climbing area in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, on land managed by the National Park Service. Summer is the most comfortable time to climb here. At a nearby weather station, typical July averages run to highs around 74°F and lows near 43°F, with June through September staying mild by mountain standards. A fee is charged. Several other options sit within about a mile. Deer Mountain, another climbing area, and the North Deer Mountain Trail are each roughly 0.7 miles away. Rocky Mountain National Park Aspenglen Campground is about 0.8 miles off, and MacGregor-Della Terra Gulch Boulders is about a mile away for more climbing.
Routes (8)
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