Soda/Willow Lake Road
14-route bouldering area in Wyoming with 11 difficulty grades.
- 14 routes
- V0 – V6+
- Bouldering
Best time to visit Soda/Willow Lake Road
Best months: June–September. 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
28° / 2°
7 wet
Feb
31° / 4°
7 wet
Mar
40° / 14°
8 wet
Apr
51° / 23°
8 wet
May
61° / 30°
10 wet
Jun
71° / 38°
8 wet
Jul
80° / 43°
7 wet
Aug
78° / 40°
7 wet
Sep
69° / 32°
7 wet
Oct
55° / 24°
6 wet
Nov
40° / 13°
7 wet
Dec
29° / 3°
7 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Pinedale, WY, 3.7 mi away at 7,210 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Soda/Willow Lake Road is a bouldering area on Bureau of Land Management land in the Pinedale Field Office of Wyoming, about 3.7 miles from the town of Pinedale. The climbing here is all bouldering, with 14 routes spread across the V0 to V6+ range, and the most common grade is V3. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Pinedale weather station run to highs around 80°F in July, with lows in the low 40s. Winters are cold, with January highs near 28°F and lows around 2°F. The closest climbing is the Twin Towers area, about a mile away. Sandy Beach Picnic Area and Fremont Lake offer camping within about 3 miles, and the CCC Ponds Trail is a cross-country ski route about 2 miles off.
Routes (14)
Exodus Boulder(2)
Press Blox Boulder(2)
Red Eye Boulder(3)
Willow Lake's Big Ass boulder(3)
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