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Connecticut · Rock climbing · Glastonbury · Near Middletown
Red Trail Boulder
- 13 routes
- V0 – V5
- Bouldering
- Apr, Jun–Oct
- best months
Red Trail Boulder is a bouldering area on the Manchester Reservoir Property in Connecticut, about 0.3 miles from the Red Trail and 0.7 miles from Case Mountain. It sits among a cluster of climbing and hiking routes, with the Yellow-Gray Trail and Birch Mountain Trail within a short walk. The area has 13 bouldering routes, all rated from V0 to V5 on the V scale. Quarantine is the easiest at V0, and The nest is the hardest at V5. Presuppositionalist and Social distancing are both V1, and Presuppositionalism is V2+. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Storrs weather station show July highs around 80°F with lows near 63°F, while January highs average about 35°F. Case Mountain and Gollum's Playground are both about 0.7 miles away. The John and Frederica Johnson Memorial Camp is roughly 3.9 miles off, and the Hockanum River offers paddling about 7.4 miles away.
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More in MiddletownBest time to go · Apr, Jun–Oct
Best time to visit Red Trail Boulder
Best months: April and June–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
35° / 19°
10 wet
Feb
37° / 20°
9 wet
Mar
45° / 28°
10 wet
Apr
57° / 38°
11 wet
May
68° / 48°
13 wet
Jun
76° / 57°
11 wet
Jul
80° / 63°
10 wet
Aug
79° / 61°
9 wet
Sep
73° / 54°
9 wet
Oct
61° / 43°
10 wet
Nov
50° / 34°
9 wet
Dec
40° / 25°
10 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Storrs, CT, 13.7 mi away at 665 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Routes (13)
QuarantineFA: Justine VanacoreV0Shakelton's ships prow.FA: Jim KaminskiV0Cracky boulderFA: Jim KaminskiV1It's a walk off!FA: Ross GladeyV1Social distancingFA: Justine VanacoreV1Strech Al StrongFA: Alex Taylor, 2006V1PresuppositionalistFA: Jim KaminskiV1-ZoolanderFA: Ross GladeyV1+Hansel, So Hot Right NowFA: Ross GladeyV2Orange Mocha Frappuccino!FA: Ross GladeyV2PresuppositionalismFA: Jim KaminskiV2+The Gospel of LukeFA: Luke MentzerV4The nestFA: Alex TaylorV5
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