YMCA Camp Mountain Laurel
Campground
Campground · 3.1 mi from the trail
Connecticut · Bouldering · Hamden · Near Middletown
Curtains
- V0-1
- grade
- Bouldering Pads
- style
- Apr–Oct
- best months
One of seven boulder problems catalogued at Sleeping Giant, this climb sits at the entry level of the Ampitheater sector's V0-1 to V10 range.
Around this trail
Add any of these when you start a tripSleep close Eat after Tonino's Pizzeria
Restaurant
On your way back · 1 mi
If it rainsMConradWard, CC0 · Wikimedia CommonsMeriden Historical Society Museum & History Center
Museum
On your way back · 9 mi
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors · Photos: MConradWard, CC0 (commons)
More in Middletown- Nearby · The Chin · Between the Chin and Chest · Top of the White Trail
Best time to go · Apr–Oct
Best time to visit Curtains
Best months: April–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
38° / 20°
10 wet
Feb
41° / 22°
9 wet
Mar
48° / 28°
11 wet
Apr
60° / 38°
12 wet
May
71° / 48°
11 wet
Jun
79° / 58°
10 wet
Jul
85° / 64°
10 wet
Aug
84° / 62°
9 wet
Sep
76° / 55°
9 wet
Oct
64° / 43°
9 wet
Nov
52° / 34°
9 wet
Dec
42° / 26°
11 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Mt Carmel, CT, 1.1 mi away at 180 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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