Hidden Boulder
- 5 routes
- V4 – V11
- Bouldering
- Jul–Sep
- best months
Hidden Boulder is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in Montana's Butte Field Office, about 11 miles from the Butte Bert Mooney airport weather station. It sits among several other climbing spots, with Hidden Area, Warm Up Ridge Area and Senile Gully all about 0.1 mile away. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Butte weather station run from highs around 70°F in June to about 81°F in July, while winter highs stay near freezing. Toll Mountain Campground lies about 4 miles away, and Lower Rader Creek Road offers mountain biking about 2 miles out. Pigeon Creek Campground and Big Pipestone Creek are roughly 7 and 4 miles away.
Best time to go · Jul–Sep
Best time to visit Hidden Boulder
Best months: July–September. 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
32° / 8°
7 wet
Feb
35° / 10°
7 wet
Mar
44° / 19°
9 wet
Apr
51° / 26°
11 wet
May
61° / 34°
13 wet
Jun
70° / 41°
13 wet
Jul
81° / 46°
9 wet
Aug
80° / 44°
8 wet
Sep
69° / 36°
7 wet
Oct
54° / 27°
8 wet
Nov
40° / 16°
8 wet
Dec
31° / 7°
7 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Butte Bert Mooney Ap, MT, 10.9 mi away at 5,506 ft. The station sits about 600 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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