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Oregon · Rock climbing · Terrebonne · Near Sisters
Lizard Boulder
Photo: Jordan Beard, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 6 routes
- V0 – V3
- Bouldering
- May–Jun, Sep–Oct
- best months
Lizard Boulder is a bouldering area within Smith Rock State Park in Oregon, on city-managed land. It sits among a cluster of climbing and hiking spots, with the Red Wall Boulders and the Homestead Trail both about 0.1 mile away. The area has six bouldering routes, all rated between V0 and V3 on the V scale. The Lizard Problem is the hardest at V3, and First Timer and Pocket Crack are the easiest at V0. The routes are all boulders, so there is no climbing on rock faces here. For comfortable weather, aim for late spring or early fall. 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. Skull Hollow campground is about 4 miles away, and South Shore Group Sites is about 8.5 miles away.
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Best time to visit Lizard Boulder
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.
Jan
44° / 25°
9 wet
Feb
48° / 25°
7 wet
Mar
55° / 28°
8 wet
Apr
60° / 31°
8 wet
May
69° / 38°
8 wet
Jun
77° / 43°
5 wet
Jul
88° / 48°
3 wet
Aug
87° / 47°
3 wet
Sep
79° / 41°
4 wet
Oct
65° / 33°
6 wet
Nov
51° / 28°
8 wet
Dec
42° / 23°
9 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Redmond Roberts Fld, OR, 7.8 mi away at 3,043 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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