Colorado · Rock climbing · Sedalia

Main Area

Main Area in Colorado has 29 climbing routes across 15 grades, offering bouldering, sport, and trad.

29 routes
5.5 – 5.11b
Sport · Trad · Bouldering

Is Main Area open right now?

Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 8 alerts for Pike and San Isabel National Forests.

As of · Source: USFS · Pike and San Isabel National Forests. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Main Area

Best months: April–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.

  1. Jan

    46° / 19°

  2. Feb

    46° / 19°

  3. Mar

    54° / 26°

  4. Apr

    59° / 32°

  5. May

    68° / 41°

  6. Jun

    79° / 50°

  7. Jul

    85° / 58°

  8. Aug

    83° / 57°

  9. Sep

    77° / 48°

  10. Oct

    65° / 35°

  11. Nov

    54° / 26°

  12. Dec

    46° / 18°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Roxborough Sp, CO, 3.9 mi away at 6,117 ft. The station sits about 1,500 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.

Main Area is a climbing area in the South Platte Ranger District of the Pike and San Isabel National Forests in Colorado, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among a cluster of campgrounds, boulders and other climbing spots, with Indian Creek Campground and Indian Creek Equestrian Campground both within a third of a mile. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Roxborough run to highs around 79°F in June and 85°F in July, but that station sits well below the area, so temperatures here run cooler. Winter is cold, with January and February highs around 46°F and lows near 19°F. Several climbing areas lie close by, including Surrounding/Dispersed Boulders and Watson Park Creek, both about 0.4 miles away. The Ringtail hike starts under a mile off, and the beginner trail 627 mountain biking route is about 1.4 miles away.

Routes (29)

A11 - CrackFA: Kent Pease and Yaroslav Lotoskyy, 20175.10aA7 - Good, Long Splitter5.10aD3 - Steep Hands Splitter5.10aB3.5 - UnnamedFA: Mike Carrington, July 20215.10a/bD11 - OW Education5.10bD6 - Steep Splitter5.10bA6 - Lowball OW5.10b/cC5 - Wide OW Straight-On in Hole5.10b/cE1 - Left Angler5.10b/cE2 - Mantel (SE)5.10b/cD4 - Short, Stiff Sitter5.10cB2 - Short, Stout Roof5.10c/dC4 - OW to Left in Hole5.10c/dD2a - HemochromatosisFA: Mike Carrington, June 20215.10dA1 - OW Problem5.11+B4 - Steep OW5.11aD2b - Knows JobFA: Mike Carrington, June 20215.11aD5 - Lieback Flake5.11bC6 - Chimney to Right in Hole5.5Stem Cycle5.6A3 - Flaring, Flake Crack5.7A4 - Chimney5.7C1 - OW (& Fist?) Ramp5.7C3 - Long Chimney5.7D13a - Unnamed Slab LeftFA: Mike Carrington, June 20215.7D13b - Unnamed Slab RightFA: Mike Carrington, June 20215.7D9 - Easy, Left Angler5.7A10 - FaceFA: Kent Pease, 2019V1BirdshotFA: Brian Flick, July 2020V2

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