Weather at Red River Gorge in December

[philippeAtMontreal]

Hi,

We are living at Montreal wand we looking for a place to climb in Christmas that we can drive by car from Montreal.

So I wondering if Red River Gorge in Kentucky can be a good place in end of December I wondering about weather ? Which temperature can we expect? 

Thank you for your feedback

Philippe

[SCIN]

If you come prepared with something to heat up rocks to throw in your chalkbag and you're psyched on a project then it's a great time. It's all about the sun in December. If the sun is out you're good to go. If not, dig deep for motivation.

[dustonian]

cold

[tundrawolf_]

http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/f ... moMonth=12 should be useful. Shows the average high and low for december, etc.

a high of 45 isn't bad when it's sunny. Just bring something for extra warmth (you can't build campfires next to routes here). I'm thinking a tent with a nice wind shield and activated charcoal packs would be good for a sunny cold day of climbing (and hot food! hot soup in a good thermos will stay hot all friggin day)

It's cold and a nice snow can blow up on you. I'm sure you're used to snow though

[toad857]

it's fickle.

and if there's melted snow in the air, it will condense on the rock in all the caves

[TradMike]

A fleece body suit base layer with a thicker fleece mid layer and a wind proof shell and I am toasty to about 15 degrees w/o sun but no wind. A big breakfast and keeping up with the calories is the difference between being cold or warm. South facing walls with sun heat up quit a bit. Can be 20 degrees warmer near the wall at times. I've been in a t-shirt in Dec and Jan. on occasion. And the best is you can have entire walls to yourself just watch out for falling ice.

[DriskellHR]

My best days climbing have always been nov-march..... I hate being cold but i always seem to send...... go figure.

[kafish2]

the real issue is rain. if it isn't gloomy and wet then you are good to go. however KY gets a lot of winter rain and gloom

[Andrew]

and doom

[hnoor0044]

thinks for information