Colorado · Rock climbing · Boulder

Fee

Fee in Colorado has 5 climbing routes with 5 difficulty grades, offering bouldering pads, sport, and trad.

FeePhoto: laurascudder, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
5 routes
5.2 – 5.13
Trad · Sport · Bouldering

Best time to visit Fee

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.

  1. Jan

    39° / 17°

    5 wet

  2. Feb

    40° / 17°

    5 wet

  3. Mar

    47° / 22°

    6 wet

  4. Apr

    52° / 27°

    8 wet

  5. May

    61° / 35°

    10 wet

  6. Jun

    73° / 44°

    9 wet

  7. Jul

    79° / 50°

    10 wet

  8. Aug

    77° / 48°

    11 wet

  9. Sep

    70° / 41°

    8 wet

  10. Oct

    57° / 31°

    6 wet

  11. Nov

    47° / 24°

    5 wet

  12. Dec

    40° / 17°

    5 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Gross Rsvr, CO, 4.1 mi away at 7,970 ft. The station sits about 1,000 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Fee is a climbing area on city land in Colorado. Two other climbing areas, Fi and Hand, The, sit about 0.1 mile away, making the Fee neighborhood a compact base for climbers. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical July highs reach about 79°F with lows near 50°F, based on averages from a nearby weather station. That station sits about 1,000 feet lower than Fee, so temperatures on the climbing area run cooler. The Mallory Cave Trail and Mesa Trail are both about 0.4 mile away for a hike. Boulder Creek, about 2.8 miles off, offers canoeing. Winiger Ridge campground is about 4.6 miles away.

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