Vermont · Rock climbing · Pittsford · Near Randolph

Stone Soup

5 routes
V2 – V8
Bouldering
Jun–Oct
best months

Stone Soup is a bouldering area in Vermont, about 0.8 miles from the town of Grangerville. It sits among several other climbing spots, with The Frog and The Toad and Holey Land each about 0.1 miles away, and Trailside Boulder at a similar distance. The area is a cluster of boulders rather than a single route, and the climbing here is all bouldering, with five routes ranging from V2 to V8. The most comfortable months for a visit are typically June through September, when typical averages from the nearby Rutland weather station run from highs around 76°F in June to about 71°F in September. Winters are cold, with January highs near 29°F and snow on about nine days that month. The routes at Stone Soup are all bouldering, and they cover a range of grades. Matcha is the easiest at V2, and Shokunin is the hardest at V8. Matsutake sits in the middle at V4-. Samuel Hayden is the first ascender listed for all five. Paddlers can find Furnace Brook about 0.3 miles away, and the Cave Trail hike is about 0.8 miles off. For an overnight stay, Chittenden Brook Campground is roughly 7.8 miles away.

Around this trail

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  • Sleep close

    Rolston Rest Shelter

    Campground

    Campground · 6.6 mi from the trail
  • Eat after

    Pittsford Pub & Grill

    Pub

    On your way back · 2 mi
  • If it rainsHarvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Billings Farm Museum

    Museum

    Museum · 25 mi from Randolph

    Museum and active dairy farm in Woodstock, Vermont

Places © OpenStreetMap contributors · Photos: Harvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (commons)

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  • Best time to go · Jun–Oct

    Best time to visit Stone Soup

    Best months: June–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

      29° / 8°

      13 wet · 9 snow

    2. Feb

      32° / 9°

      10 wet · 8 snow

    3. Mar

      41° / 18°

      12 wet · 6 snow

    4. Apr

      55° / 31°

      12 wet · 2 snow

    5. May

      68° / 42°

      13 wet

    6. Jun

      76° / 52°

      12 wet

    7. Jul

      80° / 56°

      12 wet

    8. Aug

      78° / 54°

      11 wet

    9. Sep

      71° / 46°

      10 wet

    10. Oct

      58° / 35°

      12 wet

    11. Nov

      46° / 26°

      12 wet · 3 snow

    12. Dec

      35° / 16°

      14 wet · 8 snow

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Rutland, VT, 7.2 mi away at 620 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Routes (5)