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ELDORADO CANYON · FOUNTAIN SANDSTONE

Redgarden Wall climbing conditions

Poor — wet, too windy or closed

Right now

Temp79°F
Wind10 mph
Gusts16 mph
Humidity28.1%
Rain 48hdry
Last rainNone recent

Assessment

1.8mm rain forecast
Hot — fountain-sandstone slabs may feel greasy

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Monday 24 August
Poor
Temp81°F
Rain0.07 in
Wind9 mph
Gusts16 mph
Humidity26%
1.8mm rain forecast
  • Hot — Fountain slabs can feel greasy
  • Sun-exposed Fountain walls dry within hours; shaded lower walls take longer
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
15:00 79° dry 10 — 28.1%
16:00 83° dry 8 — 22.9%
17:00 85° dry 7 — 21.4%
18:00 86° 0.04 in 10 — 21.2%
19:00 81° 0.03 in 9 — 33.2%
20:00 81° 0.01 in 9 — 31.3%
21:00 79° dry 12 — 33.6%
Tue Tuesday 25 August
Poor
Temp66°F
Rain0.1 in
Wind7 mph
Gusts—
Humidity52%
3.3mm rain forecast
  • Sun-exposed Fountain walls dry within hours; shaded lower walls take longer
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 64° dry 9 — 57.3%
07:00 63° dry 9 — 57.8%
08:00 63° dry 9 — 55.3%
09:00 62° dry 9 — 56.5%
10:00 60° dry 9 — 59.3%
11:00 59° dry 9 — 64.2%
12:00 58° dry 9 — 67.2%
13:00 59° dry 9 — 64.3%
14:00 70° dry 7 — 49.9%
15:00 79° dry 4 — 30.3%
16:00 81° dry 5 — 27.6%
17:00 83° 0.02 in 7 — 25.8%
18:00 80° 0.01 in 4 — 31.8%
19:00 84° dry 8 — 25%
20:00 84° 0.07 in 10 — 25.8%
21:00 71° 0.02 in 10 — 69.2%
Wed Wednesday 26 August
Poor
Temp63°F
Rain0.09 in
Wind6 mph
Gusts—
Humidity63%
2.2mm rain forecast
  • Good friction range for Fountain sandstone
  • Sun-exposed Fountain walls dry within hours; shaded lower walls take longer
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 59° dry 8 — 81%
07:00 59° dry 9 — 77%
08:00 59° dry 7 — 75.4%
09:00 58° dry 7 — 72.7%
10:00 56° dry 7 — 76.9%
11:00 56° dry 7 — 72.6%
12:00 57° dry 7 — 69.6%
13:00 58° dry 8 — 64.7%
14:00 67° dry 6 — 53%
15:00 71° dry 4 — 51.2%
16:00 72° dry 5 — 55.1%
17:00 73° 0.00 in 6 — 51.9%
18:00 75° 0.01 in 6 — 47.5%
19:00 76° 0.01 in 5 — 47.9%
20:00 74° 0.02 in 7 — 44%
21:00 72° 0.01 in 9 — 52.7%
Thu Thursday 27 August
Poor
Temp55°F
Rain0.05 in
Wind4 mph
Gusts—
Humidity73%
1.2mm rain forecast
  • Good friction range for Fountain sandstone
  • Sun-exposed Fountain walls dry within hours; shaded lower walls take longer
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 57° dry 7 — 89.5%
12:00 55° dry 4 — 72.8%
18:00 77° 0.01 in 6 — 41.6%
Fri Friday 28 August
Poor
Temp61°F
Rain0.02 in
Wind9 mph
Gusts—
Humidity54%
0.5mm rain forecast
  • Good friction range for Fountain sandstone
  • Sun-exposed Fountain walls dry within hours; shaded lower walls take longer
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 61° dry 8 — 66.5%
12:00 60° dry 9 — 54.4%
18:00 86° 0.02 in 4 — 25.4%
Sat Saturday 29 August
Poor
Temp57°F
Rain0.02 in
Wind7 mph
Gusts—
Humidity61%
0.4mm rain forecast
  • Good friction range for Fountain sandstone
  • Sun-exposed Fountain walls dry within hours; shaded lower walls take longer
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 64° dry 7 — 51.9%
12:00 57° dry 7 — 60.9%
18:00 90° 0.02 in 6 — 16.4%
Sun Sunday 30 August
Poor
Temp63°F
Rain0.01 in
Wind8 mph
Gusts—
Humidity56%
0.3mm rain forecast
  • Good friction range for Fountain sandstone
  • Fountain sandstone dries fast in the sun — adularia-cemented arkose behaves like granite, not desert sandstone
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 65° dry 9 — 49.5%
12:00 62° dry 8 — 55.5%
18:00 86° 0.01 in 3 — 20.7%
Mon Monday 31 August
Good
Temp59°F
Rain0.00 in
Wind3 mph
Gusts—
Humidity59%
Should be dry
  • Good friction range for Fountain sandstone
  • Fountain sandstone dries fast in the sun — adularia-cemented arkose behaves like granite, not desert sandstone
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 64° dry 8 — 46.7%
12:00 60° dry 3 — 59.2%
18:00 71° 0.01 in 5 — 45.3%

About Redgarden Wall

Redgarden Wall is the premier crag of Eldorado Canyon State Park and one of the great trad walls of North America — a south-facing 500-foot Fountain Formation cliff towering above South Boulder Creek that Mountain Project calls a wall "probably every American climber who is anyone special has touched." 345 documented routes across multiple sections make it the largest cliff in the park. The classic tick list reads like a Front Range hall of fame: Rewritten (5.7, six pitches, 1,945 ascents), Yellow Spur (5.9+, six pitches — many locals' vote for best route in the canyon), Ruper (5.8+, six pitches), the mighty Naked Edge (5.11b, six pitches — the wall's soul route, first free ascent by Duncan Ferguson and Bob Culp 1971), and Vertigo (5.11b, four pitches). Layton Kor established a huge swath of the wall through the late 1950s and 60s. The rock is a bullet-hard adularia-cemented Fountain arkose that dries much faster than typical desert sandstone — locals routinely climb Yellow Spur within hours of a summer shower. Historic peregrine falcon closures ran Feb 1 – Jul 31 but were lifted as of June 2023 per CPW; check on-site signage in spring. CPW day-use $10/vehicle, $80 annual; summer requires a timed-entry reservation and shuttle from Eldorado Springs. The current comprehensive guidebook is Steve Levin's *Eldorado Canyon: A Climber's Guidebook*.

Region
Eldorado Canyon
Rock type
Fountain sandstone
Aspect
south-facing
Altitude
6053 ft
Exposure
medium
Seepage
medium

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