Colorado · Rock climbing · Bellvue

Poudre Practice Rock

Poudre Practice Rock is a 5-route climbing area in Colorado with bouldering pads, mixed, and sport styles.

5 routes
5.10 – 5.11d
Sport · Mixed · Bouldering

Is Poudre Practice Rock 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 Poudre Practice Rock

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, 12.2 mi away at 5,004 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Poudre Practice Rock is a climbing area in Colorado's Canyon Lakes Ranger District, part of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. It sits on city land, and it makes a natural anchor for a day of climbing in this corner of the national forest. The area offers a small but varied selection of routes. Five routes are listed, including three sport routes, one boulder route and one mixed route. The sport routes run from about 5.10 to 5.11d, and the boulder route is a V2. Among the named routes are Tan Panel at 5.11c and A Frame Roof at 5.11d. For a longer outing, Happy Hour Crag is less than a mile away, and Unwilling Boulder and Pine Vu Blocs are both about 1.6 miles off. Climbers can also pair a session here with an overnight at Ansel Watrous Campground, roughly 4.4 miles away.

Routes (5)

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