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Weed Patch Crack

Upper-end problem in the Weed Patch Boulders sector at Eagle Rock.

V2
grade
Bouldering Pads
style

Best time to visit Weed Patch Crack

Best months: March–November. 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.

  1. Jan

    49° / 26°

  2. Feb

    52° / 28°

  3. Mar

    58° / 34°

  4. Apr

    68° / 42°

  5. May

    75° / 50°

  6. Jun

    81° / 58°

  7. Jul

    84° / 62°

  8. Aug

    83° / 61°

  9. Sep

    78° / 55°

  10. Oct

    69° / 44°

  11. Nov

    59° / 33°

  12. Dec

    51° / 29°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Black Mtn 2 W, NC, 11.5 mi away at 2,290 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

One of three V2s catalogued at Eagle Rock, this climb sits at the upper end of the Weed Patch Boulders sector's grade span.

Photo of the crag

Eagle Rock — the crag this route is on
Eagle Rock, North Carolina — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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