Maine · Bouldering · Castine

Elephant Boulder

V5-6
grade
Bouldering Pads
style
May–Oct
best months

One of the hardest problems catalogued at Castine, representing the upper end of the crag's grade span.

  • Nearby · Upper Slab and Upper Wall · The Precipice aka The South Wall · Otter Cliffs
  • Best time to go · May–Oct

    Best time to visit Elephant Boulder

    Best months: May–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

      30° / 10°

      9 wet · 5 snow

    2. Feb

      32° / 12°

      7 wet · 5 snow

    3. Mar

      40° / 20°

      8 wet · 3 snow

    4. Apr

      51° / 31°

      9 wet · 1 snow

    5. May

      63° / 41°

      10 wet

    6. Jun

      72° / 50°

      9 wet

    7. Jul

      77° / 57°

      9 wet

    8. Aug

      76° / 56°

      8 wet

    9. Sep

      70° / 48°

      7 wet

    10. Oct

      57° / 38°

      9 wet

    11. Nov

      46° / 29°

      9 wet · 1 snow

    12. Dec

      35° / 18°

      10 wet · 4 snow

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Belfast, ME, 8.4 mi away at 20 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

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Upper Slab and Upper WallPhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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Otter CliffsPhoto: Aaron Zhu, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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