Ripple
Ripple is a Utah climbing crag with 12 routes across 9 grades.
Photo: Outdoor Craziness, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 12 routes
- V2 – V11
- Bouldering
Best time to visit Ripple
Best months: February–May and October–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.
Jan
54° / 28°
5 wet
Feb
59° / 32°
5 wet
Mar
68° / 39°
5 wet
Apr
75° / 46°
3 wet
May
85° / 55°
3 wet
Jun
96° / 64°
2 wet
Jul
102° / 72°
3 wet
Aug
100° / 70°
3 wet
Sep
92° / 61°
2 wet
Oct
79° / 47°
3 wet
Nov
64° / 35°
3 wet
Dec
53° / 28°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at St George, UT, 3.9 mi away at 2,857 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Ripple is a bouldering area on State Trust Lands Tonaquint Block in Utah, managed by the State Land Board. It sits among a cluster of other climbing areas, with Tee Pee Boulder, Device Ignitor Boulder and Jabberwock Boulder all about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is all bouldering, with 12 routes spread across the V2 to V11 range. The median grade is V5, and the hardest is Crusader for Justice at V11. Mr. Rippler runs V5-6, and Lindner's Roof, a V9, was first ascended by Chris Lindner. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in St. George show April highs around 75°F and October highs around 79°F, while July averages about 102°F. Nearby, the Zen Trail mountain bike route is about half a mile away, and the Siler Loop and Bupstarch Loop hikes are each under a mile off. Red Bluff Canyon is about 1.2 miles away.
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