Colorado · Bouldering · Whitewater

Minnesotan Drift Wood

The hardest route catalogued at Late Bloomer Boulder Area.

V9-
grade
Bouldering Pads
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Best time to visit Minnesotan Drift Wood

Best months: March–May and September–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

    39° / 19°

    5 wet · 3 snow

  2. Feb

    46° / 25°

    5 wet · 2 snow

  3. Mar

    58° / 34°

    6 wet · 1 snow

  4. Apr

    65° / 40°

    7 wet

  5. May

    76° / 50°

    5 wet

  6. Jun

    88° / 59°

    3 wet

  7. Jul

    93° / 65°

    5 wet

  8. Aug

    90° / 63°

    6 wet

  9. Sep

    81° / 54°

    6 wet

  10. Oct

    67° / 41°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    52° / 30°

    5 wet · 1 snow

  12. Dec

    40° / 20°

    4 wet · 3 snow

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Grand Junction 6ese, CO, 4.8 mi away at 4,760 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

This climb represents the upper limit of difficulty among the 24 routes catalogued at Late Bloomer Boulder Area, situated in the Driftwood Boulder sector.

Photo of the crag

Late Bloomer Boulder Area — the crag this route is on
Late Bloomer Boulder Area, Colorado — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: iagoarchangel, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

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