Colorado · Bouldering · Del Norte

Ryan's Frightmare (Big Jim)

One of six problems at Rock Garden, in the lower-middle range of the crag's grades.

V2
grade
Bouldering Pads
style

Best time to visit Ryan's Frightmare (Big Jim)

Best months: May–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

    35° / 7°

    4 wet

  2. Feb

    40° / 13°

    4 wet

  3. Mar

    51° / 21°

    5 wet

  4. Apr

    59° / 27°

    5 wet

  5. May

    68° / 36°

    6 wet

  6. Jun

    78° / 44°

    6 wet

  7. Jul

    80° / 50°

    11 wet

  8. Aug

    78° / 48°

    12 wet

  9. Sep

    73° / 40°

    8 wet

  10. Oct

    63° / 30°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    49° / 18°

    4 wet

  12. Dec

    36° / 9°

    4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Del Norte 3ene, CO, 11.1 mi away at 7,845 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

One of six boulder problems catalogued at Rock Garden, this climb sits in the lower-middle range of the crag's V0–V11 span.

Photo of the crag

Rock Garden — the crag this route is on
Rock Garden, Colorado — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Michael C. Rael, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

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