Roadside Attraction
Roadside Attraction in New Mexico has 7 bouldering routes with 7 distinct difficulty grades.
Photo: Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 7 routes
- V0 – V6
- Bouldering
Is Roadside Attraction open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Cibola National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Cibola National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit Roadside Attraction
Best months: April–June and August–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
48° / 21°
2 wet · 1 snow
Feb
52° / 22°
2 wet · 1 snow
Mar
59° / 28°
2 wet · 1 snow
Apr
66° / 35°
3 wet
May
76° / 45°
4 wet
Jun
85° / 54°
5 wet
Jul
88° / 58°
7 wet
Aug
85° / 57°
7 wet
Sep
79° / 51°
4 wet
Oct
69° / 38°
3 wet
Nov
57° / 28°
2 wet · 1 snow
Dec
47° / 21°
2 wet · 2 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Roy, NM, 15.4 mi away at 5,743 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Roadside Attraction is a bouldering area in the Kiowa/Rita Blanca National Grasslands, part of the Cibola National Forest in New Mexico. The Forest Service manages the surrounding land, and the climbing sits close to Mills Canyon Rim Campground, about 0.3 miles away. The area is a cluster of boulders with seven routes, all bouldering, and grades run from V0 to V6-7. Cuban Arete is the easiest, at V0, and Tipsy is the hardest, at V6-7. Other boulders in the immediate vicinity include South Face and West Face, each about 0.1 miles away, and Mills Canyon is also within 0.3 miles.
Routes (7)
Bulletproof(4)
Cuban(2)
Flash Pance(1)
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