Revenge Area
Revenge Area in Colorado has 11 bouldering routes across 9 difficulty grades.
Photo: olekinderhook, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 11 routes
- V0+ – V8
- Bouldering
Is Revenge Area open right now?
No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for Rocky Mountain National Park.
As of · Source: NPS · Rocky Mountain National Park. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit Revenge Area
Best months: June 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.
Jan
29° / 12°
15 wet
Feb
28° / 11°
16 wet
Mar
36° / 17°
16 wet
Apr
40° / 22°
17 wet
May
50° / 29°
16 wet
Jun
62° / 36°
12 wet
Jul
68° / 43°
14 wet
Aug
66° / 41°
13 wet
Sep
59° / 34°
10 wet
Oct
47° / 26°
10 wet
Nov
35° / 19°
12 wet
Dec
28° / 12°
15 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Boulder 14 W, CO, 19.6 mi away at 9,828 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Revenge Area is a climbing area inside Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, within the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, on land managed by the National Park Service. Summer is the most comfortable time to climb here. Typical averages from a nearby weather station run to highs around 68°F with lows near 43°F in July, while winter highs stay below freezing. The station sits a few hundred feet below the area, so expect it to be a little cooler at the rock. Rocky Mountain National Park charges an entrance fee. Green Slab Wall and Lower Chaos Canyon are both about 0.1 miles away, and the Lake Haiyaha Trail is about 0.2 miles off. For camping, Rocky Mountain National Park Glacier Basin Campground is about 3.9 miles away.
Routes (11)
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