Colorado · Rock climbing · Granby

Roaring Fork Boulders

Roaring Fork Boulders in Colorado has 5 bouldering routes across 4 grades.

5 routes
V2 – V6
Bouldering

Is Roaring Fork Boulders open right now?

Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 3 alerts for Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests.

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

Best time to visit Roaring Fork Boulders

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.

  1. Jan

    30° / 4°

    14 wet · 14 snow

  2. Feb

    34° / 6°

    13 wet · 12 snow

  3. Mar

    42° / 14°

    12 wet · 9 snow

  4. Apr

    49° / 20°

    11 wet · 6 snow

  5. May

    59° / 28°

    12 wet · 2 snow

  6. Jun

    71° / 34°

    11 wet

  7. Jul

    76° / 40°

    14 wet

  8. Aug

    73° / 38°

    15 wet

  9. Sep

    68° / 32°

    12 wet · 1 snow

  10. Oct

    55° / 23°

    10 wet · 4 snow

  11. Nov

    40° / 13°

    11 wet · 9 snow

  12. Dec

    30° / 5°

    14 wet · 13 snow

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Grand Lake 1 Nw, CO, 9.7 mi away at 8,720 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Roaring Fork Boulders is a climbing area in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, within the Sulphur Ranger District of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado. The Forest Service manages the land. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Grand Lake show July highs around 76°F with lows near 40°F, while winter brings highs around 30°F and frequent snow days from December through February. The Roaring Fork hike starts about half a mile away, and Arapaho Bay Campground is about a mile off. Strawberry Lake is roughly 1.2 miles away. For more climbing, Aiguille de Fleur lies about 6.2 miles away.

Routes (5)

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