Hill of Life (Bouldering)
5 bouldering routes in Texas ranging across 4 difficulty grades.
Photo: blt04, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- 5 routes
- V1- – V6
- Bouldering
Best time to visit Hill of Life (Bouldering)
Best months: October–April. 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
63° / 42°
8 wet
Feb
66° / 46°
8 wet
Mar
73° / 52°
9 wet
Apr
80° / 59°
7 wet
May
87° / 67°
8 wet
Jun
93° / 73°
7 wet
Jul
97° / 75°
5 wet
Aug
98° / 75°
5 wet
Sep
91° / 70°
7 wet
Oct
83° / 61°
7 wet
Nov
71° / 50°
7 wet
Dec
64° / 43°
8 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Austin-Camp Mabry, TX, 5.5 mi away at 670 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Hill of Life is a bouldering area within Barton Creek Greenbelt, a city-managed greenbelt in Texas. The climbing sits on city land, and the surrounding trail network makes it easy to pair with other outings in the greenbelt. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Austin run from highs around 80°F in April to about 83°F in October, while July and August average in the mid-90s. The bouldering here is all on the V scale, with six routes ranging from V1- to V6. Thread The Needle is the easiest at V1-, and The Tronics is the hardest at V6. Sculpture Falls Traverse is a V3, and Man Up and Mr. Backdoor Man are both V5. The area is close to other climbing and riding. The Bad Boulder is about 0.3 miles away, and Block Below The Tronics is about 0.4 miles away. Top Trail West and Sculpture Falls Drop-In, both mountain biking routes, are each about 0.1 miles away.
Routes (5)
Backdoor(1)
Sculpture Falls(2)
Tronics, The(2)
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