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Connecticut · Rock climbing · Plymouth · Near Middletown
Upper Tier
Photo: H. Morrow Long, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 5 routes
- 5.3 – 5.5
- Trad · Bouldering · Top Rope
- Apr–Oct
- best months
Upper Tier is a climbing area in Connecticut, about 0.7 miles from the town of Greystone. It sits close to two other climbing areas, Main Slab and Right Side, each about 0.1 mile away, and the Whitestone Cliffs Trail is 0.3 mile off, making it easy to pair a climb with a walk. The area has five routes, with styles ranging from bouldering to trad and top rope. The grades run from about 5.3 to 5.5 on the YDS scale and V1 to V2- on the V scale. Flake Face is a top-rope route at 5.3, and Corner and Crack are trad routes at 5.4 and 5.5. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Burlington show May highs around 70°F and September highs around 75°F, with July the warmest month at about 84°F. Nearby, the Whitestone Cliffs Trail and Hancock Brook Trail offer hiking within a couple of miles, and Northfield Brook Lake Group Shelters and the Naugatuck River are about 5 miles away for camping and paddling.
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If it rainsJllm06, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMattatuck Museum
Museum
On your way back · 4 mi
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More in MiddletownBest time to go · Apr–Oct
Best time to visit Upper Tier
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
36° / 17°
10 wet · 4 snow
Feb
39° / 18°
9 wet · 3 snow
Mar
47° / 26°
10 wet · 2 snow
Apr
59° / 36°
11 wet
May
70° / 47°
12 wet
Jun
78° / 57°
11 wet
Jul
84° / 62°
11 wet
Aug
82° / 60°
10 wet
Sep
75° / 53°
9 wet
Oct
63° / 41°
10 wet
Nov
52° / 32°
9 wet
Dec
41° / 24°
11 wet · 2 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Burlington, CT, 13.5 mi away at 505 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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Photo: H. Morrow Long, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Whitestone Cliffs
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Photo: H. Morrow Long, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Right End
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