Walk Down Area
Photo: dippold, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 7 routes
- V1 – V5
- Bouldering
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
- best months
Walk Down Area is a bouldering area in Capen Park, a city-managed park in Missouri. It sits among several other climbing areas, with The Drive-In and Main Area each about 0.1 mile away, so it works well as part of a longer visit to the park's climbing cluster. The area has seven bouldering routes, all rated on the V scale. Grades run from V1 to V5, with Levitation at V5 being the hardest. Contact High is V4, and Trust the Fiction is V4+ with a first ascent by James Dolph in 2011. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Columbia show October highs around 68°F and May highs around 76°F, while July averages climb to about 89°F. Nearby, Deer Run Trail and the Central Regional Office hike are both about 3.3 miles away. For more climbing, WM: Crown Cliffs is about 2.2 miles off.
Best time to go · Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
Best time to visit Walk Down Area
Best months: March–June and September–November. 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° / 23°
8 wet · 3 snow
Feb
45° / 26°
8 wet · 3 snow
Mar
56° / 36°
11 wet · 1 snow
Apr
67° / 46°
11 wet
May
76° / 56°
12 wet
Jun
85° / 65°
11 wet
Jul
89° / 69°
8 wet
Aug
88° / 67°
9 wet
Sep
80° / 59°
8 wet
Oct
68° / 47°
9 wet
Nov
55° / 37°
8 wet · 1 snow
Dec
44° / 27°
8 wet · 2 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Columbia U Of M, MO, 0.9 mi away at 770 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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Photo: dippold, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)The Drive-In
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Photo: dippold, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Main Area
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