Max's Cliff
- 1 route
- V2
- Bouldering
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- best months
Max's Cliff is a bouldering area in Tuttle Creek Recreation Area in Kansas, managed by the Army Corps of Engineers. It sits within the Tuttle Creek Recreation Area, about a tenth of a mile from the "Main" Area, another climbing spot in the same recreation area. The single route here is Max's Traverse, a boulder problem rated V2. It was first climbed by Zach Nelsen. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Tuttle Creek Lake show May highs around 75°F and October highs around 68°F, while July averages about 90°F. Tuttle Creek Lake is about a mile away, and Stockdale offers river fishing about 2 miles off. Paddlers can reach the Big Blue River about 6.6 miles away.
- The "Main" AreaRock climbing0.1 mi
- Tuttle Creek LakeLake fishing1.1 mi
StockdaleRiver fishing2.2 mi
Tuttle Creek CoveRiver fishing4.4 mi
Big Blue RiverCanoeingPhoto: Kgwo1972 at English Wikipedia, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)6.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Best time to visit Max's Cliff
Best months: April–June and September–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
39° / 16°
3 wet
Feb
44° / 20°
4 wet
Mar
55° / 30°
6 wet
Apr
66° / 41°
9 wet
May
75° / 52°
11 wet
Jun
85° / 62°
10 wet
Jul
90° / 67°
9 wet
Aug
88° / 65°
9 wet
Sep
81° / 55°
7 wet
Oct
68° / 42°
7 wet
Nov
54° / 30°
5 wet
Dec
42° / 20°
4 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Tuttle Creek Lake, KS, 7 mi away at 1,058 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
