Colorado · Bouldering · Estes Park

The Breadoaf

Mid-upper difficulty problem among 29 routes at Emerald Lake.

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Is The Breadoaf open right now?

No closures listed

The National Park Service lists no closures for Rocky Mountain National Park.

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Best time to visit The Breadoaf

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, 9.3 mi away at 8,720 ft. The station sits about 1,400 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

One of 29 boulder problems catalogued at Emerald Lake, this climb sits in the middle-upper range of the crag's V1 to V11- span.

Photo of the crag

Emerald Lake — the crag this route is on
Emerald Lake, Colorado — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: TexasExplorer98, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

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