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Pine Vu Blocs

Pine Vu Blocs is a bouldering crag in Colorado with 9 routes.

9 routes
V1-2 – V8
Bouldering

Is Pine Vu Blocs open right now?

Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 4 alerts for Canyon Lakes Ranger District.

As of · Source: USFS · Canyon Lakes Ranger District. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Pine Vu Blocs

Best months: April–June and August–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

    45° / 18°

    4 wet

  2. Feb

    47° / 21°

    5 wet

  3. Mar

    56° / 29°

    6 wet

  4. Apr

    63° / 35°

    9 wet

  5. May

    71° / 44°

    12 wet

  6. Jun

    82° / 53°

    10 wet

  7. Jul

    87° / 59°

    9 wet

  8. Aug

    85° / 57°

    9 wet

  9. Sep

    77° / 48°

    7 wet

  10. Oct

    64° / 36°

    6 wet

  11. Nov

    53° / 26°

    5 wet

  12. Dec

    44° / 18°

    4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Ft Collins, CO, 13.3 mi away at 5,004 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.

Pine Vu Blocs is a climbing area in the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among a cluster of bouldering areas, with Pine Vu and Unwilling Boulder each about 0.1 mile away and Poudre Canyon about 0.3 mile off, so the blocs make an easy addition to a day spent in this corner of the forest. The area is dedicated to bouldering, with nine routes listed and all of them rated in the V scale. They range from the easiest V1-2 on Blocky Arete and Hydrology to the hardest V8 on Low Water Arete, with V4 as the median grade. Butt Dragger Traverse and Shireman Problem are both V4, and Center Stand is V5. For comfortable weather, aim for late spring or early fall. Typical averages from the nearby Ft Collins weather station run from highs around 71°F with lows near 44°F in May to highs around 77°F with lows near 48°F in September. That station sits about 600 feet below the blocs, so temperatures up here run a little cooler. Greyrock Meadows is a hike about half a mile away. Ansel Watrous Campground and Stove Prairie Landing Campground are both within about six miles, and the Cache la Poudre River is about 6.6 miles off for fishing.

Routes (9)

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