Colorado · Rock climbing · Ridgway

One-Of-A-Kind Boulder

One-Of-A-Kind Boulder is a Colorado bouldering crag with 9 routes.

9 routes
V1+ – V6
Bouldering

Best time to visit One-Of-A-Kind Boulder

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

    40° / 7°

    6 wet

  2. Feb

    44° / 12°

    6 wet

  3. Mar

    52° / 20°

    7 wet

  4. Apr

    59° / 26°

    8 wet

  5. May

    70° / 34°

    7 wet

  6. Jun

    81° / 39°

    5 wet

  7. Jul

    85° / 46°

    10 wet

  8. Aug

    82° / 45°

    11 wet

  9. Sep

    76° / 36°

    8 wet

  10. Oct

    64° / 26°

    6 wet

  11. Nov

    51° / 16°

    6 wet

  12. Dec

    40° / 8°

    7 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Ridgway, CO, 4.3 mi away at 7,049 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

One-Of-A-Kind Boulder is a climbing area in Ridgway State Park in Colorado, managed by the Bureau of Reclamation. It sits within the park's state park land unit, about 0.1 mile from the Ridgway State Park climbing area and the Forest Discovery Trail. For comfortable weather, late spring and early fall are the sweet spots. Typical averages from the nearby Ridgway weather station show May highs around 70°F and September highs around 76°F, with July and August the warmest months at about 85°F. Dakota Terraces Campground and Elk Ridge Campground are both within a mile for overnight stays. The Ridgway Dike Wall climbing area is about 6.6 miles away, and Dallas Creek offers canoeing roughly 4 miles off.

Keep exploring — more climbs worth the drive

Ouray (Ice/Mixed)Photo: Sale Family Memories, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

Ouray (Ice/Mixed)

~23 min drive

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Coxcomb Peak

~20 min drive

Route to the summit of Coxcomb Peak (13,612 ft) from West Fork Cimarron River Trailhead.

Randall's Badger Sanctuary aka Spider DenPhoto: markbyzewski, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

Randall's Badger Sanctuary aka Spider Den

~23 min drive

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Dallas Peak

~32 min drive

Route to the summit of Dallas Peak (13,675 ft) from Mill Creek Trailhead.

Five Fingers areaPhoto: markbyzewski, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

Five Fingers area

~23 min drive

Five Fingers area in Colorado has 5 climbing routes with 2 difficulty grades.

Ouray vicinity (rock)Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

Ouray vicinity (rock)

~23 min drive

Ouray vicinity (rock) in Colorado has 21 climbing routes across 14 grades.

Overlook CliffPhoto: Greg Willis from Denver, CO, usa, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Overlook Cliff

~24 min drive

Overlook Cliff in Colorado has 32 sport climbing routes across 16 difficulty grades.

Jimmy CliffPhoto: Jacob Montgomery, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Jimmy Cliff

~24 min drive

Jimmy Cliff in Colorado has 12 sport climbing routes across 7 difficulty grades.

Camp Bird RoadPhoto: Sale Family Memories, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

Camp Bird Road

~27 min drive

Camp Bird Road in Colorado has 9 traditional climbing routes across 7 grades.

Technicolor Wall aka Techno CragPhoto: iagoarchangel, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

Technicolor Wall aka Techno Crag

~28 min drive

Technicolor Wall (Techno Crag) in Colorado has 11 sport routes with 9 difficulty grades.