Texas · Rock climbing · El Paso

New Year Boulder

New Year Boulder in Texas has 6 bouldering routes with 4 difficulty grades.

New Year BoulderPhoto: uıɐɾ ʞ ʇɐɯɐs, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
6 routes
V0 – V5
Bouldering

Best time to visit New Year Boulder

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.

  1. Jan

    59° / 34°

    3 wet · 1 snow

  2. Feb

    64° / 39°

    3 wet

  3. Mar

    72° / 46°

    2 wet

  4. Apr

    80° / 53°

    1 wet

  5. May

    89° / 62°

    2 wet

  6. Jun

    97° / 71°

    4 wet

  7. Jul

    96° / 73°

    8 wet

  8. Aug

    94° / 72°

    8 wet

  9. Sep

    88° / 65°

    5 wet

  10. Oct

    79° / 54°

    4 wet

  11. Nov

    67° / 42°

    3 wet

  12. Dec

    58° / 34°

    4 wet · 1 snow

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at El Paso Intl Ap, TX, 6.9 mi away at 3,918 ft. The station sits about 600 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

New Year Boulder is a bouldering area in Franklin Mountains State Park in Texas, managed by State Park and Recreation. It sits among a cluster of climbing and hiking spots, with the Thousand Steps Trail just 0.2 miles away and Monk's Vertigo Ridge about 0.3 miles off. The area has six bouldering routes, all rated on the V scale from V0 to V5. The easiest are $600 for the Rest of Your Life and Mutlu Yıllar, both V0, while Ash Ketchum's Backwards Hat is the hardest at V5. The routes are all boulders, so there is no climbing on rope here. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in El Paso show April highs around 80°F and October highs near 79°F, while July and August average in the mid-90s with more wet days. Climbers can also look to Crazy Cat a.k.a. Palisades, about 0.8 miles away, and the Franklin Mountain Range, roughly 2.1 miles off.

Routes (6)

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