Minnesota · Bouldering · Mound Township

Middle Arete Traverse

One of the hardest problems catalogued at Main Boulder, where the grade span runs from V1 to V4-.

Also worth it near here
- Blue Mound State Park Tipi and Cart-In CampgroundCamping · ~3 min drive
- Rock RiverCanoeing · ~34 min drivePhoto: Don Graham from Redlands, CA, USA - God bless it!, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Great Bear Recreation ParkDownhill skiing · ~43 min drivePhoto: Jake DeGroot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Sioux FallsWaterfall · ~48 min drivePhoto: Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Middle Arete Traverse
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.
1. Jan
  25° / 6°
  5 wet
2. Feb
  30° / 10°
  5 wet
3. Mar
  43° / 22°
  6 wet
4. Apr
  58° / 34°
  9 wet
5. May
  70° / 47°
  12 wet
6. Jun
  81° / 58°
  10 wet
7. Jul
  85° / 62°
  8 wet
8. Aug
  82° / 59°
  8 wet
9. Sep
  75° / 50°
  7 wet
10. Oct
  61° / 36°
  6 wet
11. Nov
  44° / 23°
  5 wet
12. Dec
  30° / 12°
  5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Rock Rapids, IA, 18.1 mi away at 1,350 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Best time to visit Middle Arete Traverse