Colorado · Bouldering · Mesa

Tickle Grips

Upper-grade problem in the Venus Flytrap Stone sector at Chamber of Secrets Boulder Area.

V4
grade
Bouldering Pads
style

Best time to visit Tickle Grips

Best months: March–May and September–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.

  1. Jan

    40° / 21°

    5 wet · 2 snow

  2. Feb

    47° / 26°

    5 wet · 2 snow

  3. Mar

    58° / 34°

    6 wet · 1 snow

  4. Apr

    66° / 40°

    7 wet

  5. May

    76° / 50°

    6 wet

  6. Jun

    87° / 58°

    3 wet

  7. Jul

    93° / 65°

    5 wet

  8. Aug

    90° / 63°

    6 wet

  9. Sep

    81° / 55°

    6 wet

  10. Oct

    67° / 42°

    6 wet

  11. Nov

    53° / 31°

    5 wet · 1 snow

  12. Dec

    41° / 22°

    5 wet · 2 snow

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Palisade, CO, 8.2 mi away at 4,751 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

One of eight boulder problems catalogued at Chamber of Secrets Boulder Area, this climb sits at the upper end of the crag's V2–V4 range in the Venus Flytrap Stone sector.

Photo of the crag

Chamber of Secrets Boulder Area — the crag this route is on
Chamber of Secrets Boulder Area, Colorado — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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