The Snake Pit Area
Snake Pit Area, The is a 6-route bouldering crag in Colorado with routes ranging across 5 difficulty grades.
Photo: slopjop, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- 6 routes
- V1- – V4
- Bouldering
Best time to visit The Snake Pit Area
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.
Jan
45° / 18°
4 wet
Feb
46° / 20°
5 wet
Mar
55° / 27°
7 wet
Apr
61° / 34°
8 wet
May
71° / 44°
10 wet
Jun
82° / 53°
10 wet
Jul
86° / 58°
12 wet
Aug
84° / 57°
12 wet
Sep
77° / 49°
7 wet
Oct
65° / 37°
5 wet
Nov
53° / 26°
5 wet
Dec
45° / 19°
4 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Colorado Springs Muni Ap, CO, 11.2 mi away at 6,181 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
The Snake Pit Area is a climbing area within Garden of the Gods Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on city-managed land. It sits among a cluster of boulders and trails, with Arch Boulder (aka Ground Arch Boulder) and Traverse Boulder (aka Trail Blob Boulder) both about 0.1 mile away, and the Ute Trail also within a tenth of a mile. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 71°F and October highs around 65°F, while July averages climb to about 86°F. For an overnight stay, Garden of the Gods RV Resort is about 1.2 miles away and Pikes Peak RV Park about 1.6 miles. Fountain Creek, roughly 7 miles off, offers canoeing, and Homestake Fishing Site, about 8 miles away, is a lake fishing spot.
Routes (6)
Boulder (aka Fang Boulder), The(4)
Snake Perch(2)
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