Connecticut · Rock climbing · Farmington · Near Middletown

Lone Pine

9 routes
5.3 – 5.12-
Trad · Top Rope
Apr–Oct
best months

Lone Pine is a climbing area in Connecticut, about a mile from Pinnacle Heights Housing. It sits among a cluster of climbing walls and trails, with the Yellow Trail and the Cracked Wall, Dream Weaver Wall and A-Frame Wall all within about a tenth of a mile. The area has nine routes, five of which are trad and four top rope. Grades run from 5.3 up to 5.12, with the median around 5.10+. Pine Ledge is the easiest at 5.3, and Max Factor is the hardest at 5.12. Pine Ledge was first climbed by Sam Streibert in September 1971, and Thermodynamics was first topped by Ken Nichols in October 1987. For a change of pace, the Flt Trail is about 2 miles away and the Mountain Spring Nature Trail about 2.8 miles. Paddlers can reach the Quinnipiac River, roughly 6.4 miles off.

Around this trail

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  • Sleep close

    Bear Creek Campground

    Campground

    Campground · 5.2 mi from the trail
  • Eat after

    Wendy's

    Fast food

    On your way back · 1 mi · Open after 6

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  • Best time to go · Apr–Oct

    Best time to visit Lone Pine

    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.

    1. Jan

      36° / 17°

      10 wet · 4 snow

    2. Feb

      39° / 18°

      9 wet · 3 snow

    3. Mar

      47° / 26°

      10 wet · 2 snow

    4. Apr

      59° / 36°

      11 wet

    5. May

      70° / 47°

      12 wet

    6. Jun

      78° / 57°

      11 wet

    7. Jul

      84° / 62°

      11 wet

    8. Aug

      82° / 60°

      10 wet

    9. Sep

      75° / 53°

      9 wet

    10. Oct

      63° / 41°

      10 wet

    11. Nov

      52° / 32°

      9 wet

    12. Dec

      41° / 24°

      11 wet · 2 snow

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Burlington, CT, 8.8 mi away at 505 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Routes (9)

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Cracked WallPhoto: Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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