Spring Fever
- 5.5
- grade
- Trad Gear
- style
- Jun, Aug–Sep
- best months
One of nine routes catalogued at Bald Mountain, this climb sits in the lower-middle range of the crag's 5.3 to 5.10c span.
- I: Old Forge RegionRock climbing · ~4 min drive
- Flatrock BouldersRock climbing · ~15 min drive
- Eagle FallsRock climbing · ~31 min drive
- Cedar River CragRock climbing · ~39 min drive
- Snowy MtRock climbing · ~46 min drive
- Lake Pleasant QuarryRock climbing · ~53 min drive
- Huckleberry MountainRock climbing · ~56 min drive
- State BrookRock climbing · ~1h 3m drive
- Lost HuntersRock climbing · ~1h 5m drive
- Good Luck MountainRock climbing · ~1h 5m drive
Also worth it near here
Bald MountainSummit · Next doorPhoto: B137, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Alger Island CampgroundCamping · ~4 min drive
McCauley Mountain Ski AreaDownhill skiing · ~6 min drivePhoto: Anne LaBastille, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)- Bubb LakeLake fishing · ~7 min drive
Limekiln FallsWaterfall · ~9 min drivePhoto: Public domain photo by Ron Bigelow, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Spring Fever
Best months: June and 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° / 5°
19 wet
Feb
29° / 7°
16 wet
Mar
36° / 15°
14 wet
Apr
50° / 29°
13 wet
May
64° / 41°
13 wet
Jun
71° / 50°
12 wet
Jul
75° / 54°
13 wet
Aug
74° / 53°
12 wet
Sep
67° / 46°
12 wet
Oct
55° / 36°
14 wet
Nov
42° / 25°
15 wet
Dec
31° / 15°
18 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Old Forge, NY, 4 mi away at 1,748 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Photo of the crag
