Oregon · Rock climbing · Redmond · Near Sisters

Downstream Boulders

Downstream BouldersPhoto: OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons, No restrictions (via Wikimedia Commons)
5 routes
V2-3 – V7
Bouldering
May–Jun, Sep–Oct
best months

Downstream Boulders is a bouldering area on Bureau of Land Management land in Oregon's Prineville Deschutes Field Office, about 0.1 mile from the Main Area Boulders and the Blobby Zone. The Warmup-Hangout Zone sits just as close, and the Cline Falls Routes are about 0.2 mile away, so the whole cluster makes a compact base for a day of bouldering. The climbing here is all bouldering, with five routes spread across the area. Grades run from V2-3 up to V7, with the hardest being Bland Dragon. The Place To Be is a V4, and Dreamline, a V5, was first climbed in November 2021. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Redmond show May highs around 69°F and September highs around 79°F, while July and August average in the upper 80s. Hikers can find the Unnamed BLM Trail about 2.5 miles away, with Wrangler Road and the Fat Rabbit Loop Trail both within about 3 miles.

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    Deschutes County Fairgrounds Expo Center

    Campground

    Campground · 4.6 mi from the trail
  • Eat after

    Niblick and greenes

    Restaurant

    On your way back · 1 mi

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  • Best time to go · May–Jun, Sep–Oct

    Best time to visit Downstream Boulders

    Best months: May–June and September–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.

    1. Jan

      44° / 25°

      9 wet

    2. Feb

      48° / 25°

      7 wet

    3. Mar

      55° / 28°

      8 wet

    4. Apr

      60° / 31°

      8 wet

    5. May

      69° / 38°

      8 wet

    6. Jun

      77° / 43°

      5 wet

    7. Jul

      88° / 48°

      3 wet

    8. Aug

      87° / 47°

      3 wet

    9. Sep

      79° / 41°

      4 wet

    10. Oct

      65° / 33°

      6 wet

    11. Nov

      51° / 28°

      8 wet

    12. Dec

      42° / 23°

      9 wet

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Redmond Roberts Fld, OR, 6 mi away at 3,043 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Routes (5)

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EastPhoto: OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons, No restrictions (via Wikimedia Commons)

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