Wildcat Mountain
- 17 routes
- V0 – V4+
- Bouldering
- Jun–Oct
- best months
Wildcat Mountain is a bouldering area in Wildcat Mountain State Park in Wisconsin, managed by the State Department of Natural Resources. The park's climbing lies within its own state park land, and the routes are all boulders, with grades ranging from V0 to V4+. The climbing area has 17 boulder problems, and the most common grades sit around V3-4. Wildcat Warmup is the easiest at V0, and High Cat Right is the hardest at V4+. The routes make a good base for a short outing, and several trails start close by. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Cashton show July highs around 81°F with lows near 63°F, while winter brings highs in the 20s and regular snow days from December through February. Prairie Trail is just 0.2 miles away, and Old Settlers Loop Trail is 0.5 miles off. Mt Pisgah Hemlock Trail is 0.9 miles away, and the Kickapoo River offers canoeing about 7 miles from the park.
Prairie TrailHikingPhoto: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.2 mi- Old Settlers Loop TrailHikingPhoto: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.5 mi
- Mt Pisgah Hemlock TrailHikingPhoto: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.9 mi
- Kickapoo RiverCanoeing7.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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- George's PointRock climbing · ~56 min drive
Best time to visit Wildcat Mountain
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.
Jan
24° / 11°
8 wet · 8 snow
Feb
29° / 14°
6 wet · 6 snow
Mar
41° / 25°
8 wet · 4 snow
Apr
56° / 37°
11 wet · 2 snow
May
68° / 48°
13 wet
Jun
77° / 59°
11 wet
Jul
81° / 63°
11 wet
Aug
79° / 61°
10 wet
Sep
71° / 53°
10 wet
Oct
57° / 40°
10 wet
Nov
42° / 28°
9 wet · 3 snow
Dec
29° / 17°
9 wet · 7 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Cashton, WI, 10.7 mi away at 1,370 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
