Pizza Boulders
Pizza Boulders in New Mexico has 48 bouldering routes.
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 48 routes
- V0 – V10+
- Bouldering
Best time to visit Pizza Boulders
Best months: March–May and 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
56° / 23°
3 wet
Feb
62° / 26°
2 wet
Mar
69° / 32°
1 wet
Apr
77° / 39°
1 wet
May
85° / 47°
3 wet
Jun
95° / 59°
3 wet
Jul
94° / 66°
9 wet
Aug
91° / 64°
9 wet
Sep
86° / 56°
5 wet
Oct
77° / 42°
3 wet
Nov
66° / 31°
3 wet
Dec
55° / 23°
4 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Las Cruces 20 N, NM, 11 mi away at 4,327 ft. The station sits about 700 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.
Pizza Boulders is a bouldering area on Bureau of Land Management land in the Las Cruces District Office of New Mexico, about 11 miles from the Las Cruces 20 N weather station. The name comes from the boulders themselves, and the area is a cluster of boulders rather than a single climb. The boulders sit at a range of grades, from V0 up to V10+, with the median around V3. The hardest route listed is Thin Crust Pizza Project at V10+, and the easiest is Asking for Cactus at V0. Other named routes include Dough Boy at V2, Jewjitsu at V3-4 and The Sidewall at V6+. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from the nearby weather station show April and October highs around 77°F with lows in the upper 30s, while July and August highs reach the mid-90s and bring the most wet days of the year. Several other climbing areas lie close by, including Checkerboard Wall about 0.4 miles away and Sugar Bowl about 0.5 miles away. Vedauwoo Dome and the Felsenmeer Area are each about 0.8 miles off. Mountain bikers can head to Three Arroyos, roughly 1.2 miles away.
Routes (48)
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