Colorado · Rock climbing · Bailey

Puff's Lair

Puff's Lair in Colorado has 6 routes across 5 grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad climbing.

6 routes
5.10a – 5.13+
Sport · Mixed · Trad

Is Puff's Lair open right now?

Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 8 alerts for Pike and San Isabel National Forests.

As of · Source: USFS · Pike and San Isabel National Forests. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Puff's Lair

Best months: June–July and 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

    38° / 9°

    4 wet

  2. Feb

    40° / 10°

    5 wet

  3. Mar

    48° / 18°

    6 wet

  4. Apr

    54° / 23°

    7 wet

  5. May

    63° / 31°

    8 wet

  6. Jun

    75° / 38°

    8 wet

  7. Jul

    79° / 44°

    12 wet

  8. Aug

    77° / 43°

    13 wet

  9. Sep

    71° / 35°

    7 wet

  10. Oct

    59° / 24°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    45° / 16°

    4 wet

  12. Dec

    37° / 9°

    4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Bailey, CO, 5.6 mi away at 7,752 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.

Puff's Lair is a rock climbing area in the South Platte Ranger District of the Pike and San Isabel National Forests in Colorado, on land managed by the Forest Service. Summer and early fall are the most comfortable times to climb here. Typical averages from the weather station at Bailey, CO, show June highs around 75°F with lows near 38°F, and September highs around 71°F with lows near 35°F. That station sits about 600 feet lower than the crag, so expect cooler temperatures at the rock. One warned of downed and weakened trees across the district. Other climbing sits right next door at Main Castle View Crag and Morph Dusseldorf, each about 0.1 mile away. The Miller Gulch hike is about 0.4 mile off, and Green Mountain Campground lies roughly 3 miles away for an overnight stay.

Routes (6)