Deer Lake Camp
Campground
Campground · 1.4 mi from the trail
Connecticut · Rock climbing · Killingworth · Near Middletown
Steep Steps
- 5.9
- grade
- Top Rope
- style
- Apr–Oct
- best months
One of 45 routes catalogued at Chatfield Hollow Main Wall, this climb sits in the middle of the crag's range that spans from 5.3 to 5.13b. This line is set up as a toprope.
Around this trail
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Pub
On your way back · 1 mi
If it rainsJoe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsDavison Art Center
Gallery
In townUniversity art museum in Middletown, Connecticut
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Best time to go · Apr–Oct
Best time to visit Steep Steps
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, 16.3 mi away at 180 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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