Colorado · Rock climbing · Bailey

Main Castle View Crag

Main Castle View Crag in Colorado has 5 routes with 5 difficulty grades, offering bouldering, sport, and trad climbing.

5 routes
5.5 – 5.11+
Bouldering · Trad · Sport

Is Main Castle View Crag 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 Castle View Crag

Best months: June–July 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.

  1. Jan

    38° / 9°

    4 wet

  2. Feb

    40° / 10°

    5 wet

  3. Mar

    48° / 18°

    6 wet

  4. Apr

    54° / 23°

    7 wet

  5. May

    63° / 31°

    8 wet

  6. Jun

    75° / 38°

    8 wet

  7. Jul

    79° / 44°

    12 wet

  8. Aug

    77° / 43°

    13 wet

  9. Sep

    71° / 35°

    7 wet

  10. Oct

    59° / 24°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    45° / 16°

    4 wet

  12. Dec

    37° / 9°

    4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Bailey, CO, 5.6 mi away at 7,752 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.

Main Castle View Crag is a rock climbing area in Colorado's South Platte Ranger District, part of the Pike and San Isabel National Forests, on land managed by the Forest Service. Summer and early fall are the most comfortable times to climb here. A nearby weather station in Bailey, about 600 feet lower than the crag, records typical July highs around 79°F and September highs around 71°F, so temperatures at the rock run somewhat cooler. One warns of downed and weakened trees. The crag sits about 0.1 mile from the neighboring climbing areas Puff's Lair and Morph Dusseldorf, and the Miller Gulch hike is roughly 0.4 mile away. For an overnight stay, Green Mountain Campground is about 3 miles off.

Routes (5)