Far East
- 12 routes
- V0 – V5
- Bouldering
- Aug–Sep
- best months
Far East is a climbing area in Glenmeal State Forest in New York, on land managed by the State Department of Conservation. The most comfortable climbing weather comes in summer and early fall. Typical averages from the Colton 2 N weather station, about 5 miles away, show July highs near 80°F and September highs around 71°F with lows near 48°F. Winter is cold, with January highs averaging about 26°F. Blaze Wall sits just 0.1 mile away. Middle East Boulder is about 0.4 mile off, and Rick Ross Boulder and Shippee's Slab are each about half a mile away, so several stops are easy to link in one visit. For a change from rock, the Clarkson University Trail is roughly 9 miles away.
Best time to go · Aug–Sep
Best time to visit Far East
Best months: August–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
26° / 6°
15 wet
Feb
29° / 9°
13 wet
Mar
38° / 18°
13 wet
Apr
53° / 32°
13 wet
May
67° / 44°
14 wet
Jun
75° / 54°
13 wet
Jul
80° / 58°
13 wet
Aug
78° / 57°
12 wet
Sep
71° / 48°
12 wet
Oct
57° / 38°
14 wet
Nov
44° / 27°
14 wet
Dec
32° / 16°
15 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Colton 2 N, NY, 5 mi away at 580 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Routes (12)
El Condorito Wall(2)
Puggle Me Elmo Wall(4)
Warm-up Wall(2)
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