Colorado · Rock climbing · Gunnison

Hartman Rocks

Hartman Rocks in Colorado has 26 climbing routes across 18 difficulty grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad styles.

Hartman RocksPhoto: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
26 routes
5.6 – 5.14b
Sport · Trad · Mixed

Best time to visit Hartman Rocks

Best months: June–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

    26° / -6°

    7 wet

  2. Feb

    30° / 1°

    6 wet

  3. Mar

    44° / 14°

    5 wet

  4. Apr

    56° / 23°

    5 wet

  5. May

    66° / 30°

    6 wet

  6. Jun

    76° / 36°

    6 wet

  7. Jul

    80° / 44°

    10 wet

  8. Aug

    77° / 43°

    11 wet

  9. Sep

    70° / 34°

    9 wet

  10. Oct

    60° / 22°

    6 wet

  11. Nov

    44° / 11°

    5 wet

  12. Dec

    28° / -3°

    7 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Gunnison 3sw, CO, 2 mi away at 7,622 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Hartman Rocks is a climbing area in western Colorado on Bureau of Land Management land within the Gunnison Field Office. The Gunnison Field Office manages the land, and the area sits in the broader Gunnison region, close to town. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Gunnison put July highs around 80°F and lows near 44°F, while winter highs stay in the 20s and low teens. That station sits a few hundred feet below the rocks, so temperatures on the climbing area may run a little cooler. Several other spots sit right around Hartman Rocks. Top Of Becks Road is a cross-country ski route about a tenth of a mile away, and Becks Technical is a mountain bike trail at the same distance. Buddha's Belly Wall, a climbing area, is about half a mile off. For camping, Gunnison KOA is roughly 2 miles away.

Routes (26)

Bambi's Trail(1)

Bambi's Belly5.11-

Building Blocks(1)

Bright Horizons5.8

Project Wall(1)

Cobra Strike5.14b

Television Wall(1)

The Walk5.9

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