Penitente - Entrance Area
Penitente - Entrance Area in Colorado has 63 climbing routes.
Photo: Michael C. Rael, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- 63 routes
- 5.2 – 5.13c
- Sport · Trad · Mixed
Best time to visit Penitente - Entrance Area
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.
Jan
35° / 7°
4 wet
Feb
40° / 13°
4 wet
Mar
51° / 21°
5 wet
Apr
59° / 27°
5 wet
May
68° / 36°
6 wet
Jun
78° / 44°
6 wet
Jul
80° / 50°
11 wet
Aug
78° / 48°
12 wet
Sep
73° / 40°
8 wet
Oct
63° / 30°
5 wet
Nov
49° / 18°
4 wet
Dec
36° / 9°
4 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Del Norte 3ene, CO, 10.6 mi away at 7,845 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Penitente - Entrance Area is a climbing area in southern Colorado, on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management's San Luis Valley Field Office. It sits at the mouth of the Penitente climbing complex, with the Inner Canyon just 0.1 mile beyond. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Del Norte, at nearly the same elevation, point to September as a comfortable month, with highs around 73°F and lows near 40°F. July and August run warmer but bring the most wet days, about 11 to 12 a month. Several other spots are close by. Penitente Canyon Campground and the Iglesia de San Juan mountain biking area are each about 0.4 mile away. Canyon Road Cliffs offers more climbing about half a mile off, and La Garita Creek is just under a mile away.
Routes (63)
Keep exploring — more climbs worth the drive
Photo: Michael C. Rael, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)Penitente - Inner Canyon
~0 min drive
Penitente - Inner Canyon has 79 climbing routes in Colorado.
Photo: s_mestdagh, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)Main Canyon
~1 min drive
Main Canyon in Colorado has 18 climbing routes with bouldering, sport, and trad options.
Photo: s_mestdagh, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)Canyon Road Cliffs
~1 min drive
Canyon Road Cliffs in Colorado has 14 routes across 11 grades, offering bouldering, sport, and trad climbing.
Photo: Michael C. Rael, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)Rock Garden
~1 min drive
Rock Garden in Colorado has 66 climbing routes across 30 difficulty grades, featuring bouldering pads, sport, and trad.
Photo: ikewinski, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)Crestone
~58 min drive
Crestone is a sport climbing area in Colorado with 2 routes.
Sidewinder Canyon
~2 min drive
Sidewinder Canyon in Colorado has 6 sport climbing routes.
San Luis Valley
~20 min drive
San Luis Valley, Colorado has 14 climbing routes across 12 difficulty grades, featuring bouldering pads, mixed, sport, and trad styles.
The Stone Quarry
~23 min drive
Colorado quarry climbing with accessible routes for developing climbers.
The Pharcyde
~32 min drive
Pharcyde, The in Colorado has 16 climbing routes across 11 grades, featuring bouldering pads and sport climbing.
Frobidden Land
~32 min drive
Frobidden Land in Colorado has 7 sport climbing routes.
Also worth it near here
Photo: Michael C. Rael — CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)Penitente Canyon Campground
~1 min drive
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Capulin
~1 min drive
Photo: s_mestdagh, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)Wild Horse Loop
~3 min drive
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Carnero Creek
~4 min drive
