- Wet schist is slippery and slow to dry
RUMNEY · SCHIST
Rumney Bonsai climbing conditions
Poor — wet, too windy or closed
Right now
Assessment
7-day forecast
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- Wet schist is slippery and slow to dry
- Schist climbs well when dry; lichen may slow drying in shade
- Wet schist is slippery and slow to dry
- Wet schist is slippery and slow to dry
- Damp air — slopers and friction edges may feel greasy
- Schist climbs well when dry; lichen may slow drying in shade
- Schist climbs well when dry; lichen may slow drying in shade
- Schist climbs well when dry; lichen may slow drying in shade
About Rumney Bonsai
Bonsai is one of Rumney's most reliable moderate sport crags — a south-facing schist wall with a base rimmed by tall pines that hold shade well into summer and catch your feet on the lower-off. The classic ticks are Masterpiece (5.10a), Peer Pressure (5.10d), Centerpiece (5.10d), and Social Outcast (5.12a); War and Peace (5.9+) is the beginner-friendly warm-up. Sits on the same Rattlesnake Mountain hillside as the Main Cliff and shares the same weather cell. Access from the small parking lot via the Shortcut Trail — up the stairs, under Venus Wall, then a boulder-strewn wash to the base. Bonsai continues upslope into Orange Crush. WMNF day-use fee applies; documented in Ward Smith's guidebook and Rakkup.
- Region
- Rumney
- Rock type
- Schist
- Aspect
- south-facing
- Altitude
- 876 ft
- Exposure
- medium
- Seepage
- medium