What's your limit for cold temp climbing?

Seems like the winter chill has hit much of the US pretty quick this year.

Suppose to be in the low 40's tomorrow here, would be nice to get out. Don't envision many more days like that for quite some time.

I can tolerate the 30's with low wind and still have fun but once it gets in the 20's or the wind picks up much I start to draw the line between enjoyment and punishment.

See a lot of climbing videos from around the would of people sending wintery projects and it always makes me think that I need to get out more in the winter months but once it's here that idea fizzles out pretty quick. It's cold outside.

I can't say I am experienced as I asked the same question as you 1 month ago. But last sunday I got out, overnight low of 25, day's high of 40. Cloudcover, no sun, not much wind per se though.

I was completely comfortable the whole day. Didn't have to do any jumping jacks or any other get the blood flowing stuff, but I did have to be diligent about not letting myself get cold.

Setup:
Hot thermos of tea
Liner socks w/ heavy wool socks over
One hand warmer in my chalk bag to squeeze on occasion

When climbing, wool socks and gloves go inside the fleece I was wearing. Throwdown puffy. Liner socks in my climbing shoes. As soon as I got down I got my wool socks, gloves, puffy back on.

Appropriate layers for the day...

Leggings, Jeans below
Compression > Knit > Fleece > Puffy above

Never got cold

really depends on the sun.
if it'd real cloudy and even a tiny bit misty (crappy NE weather) low 40's is my limit.
If it's real sunny on the rock I can do 30's
But I have Raynaud's phenomenon in my hands real bad. Once my hands start losing blood flow I can't climb, can't fell anything.

10 degrees, sunny and no wind can be great

M Sprague wrote:10 degrees, sunny and no wind can be great

You're a hardier man than I am, Mark.

I'll rock climb down to the low 30s if the sun is shining, things are dry, and the wind isn't blowing. It can be quite pleasant and good sending weather in fact. Any colder than that and it's ice season.

10 degrees is way too cold for me on rock...

M Sprague wrote:10 degrees, sunny and no wind can be great

If you're planning on something in Huntington Ravine! Haha.. Otherwise I'm in the gym. That's right I'm not ashamed to use the G word.

Sun exposure, wind, and humidity are far more important than the absolute temp (measured in the shade).
In AL, and GA, 45 degrees seemed terrible. Everyone had down parkas on, with hand warmers in the pockets. It was miserable.
Here in Northern AZ, where it is usually sunny, and humidities are typically below 20%, 25F can still be good climbing weather, if it isn't a windy day. It does get windy here fairly frequently though, and that influences which areas are climbable.

absolute zero.

Totally depends on sun, wind, humidity, rock wetness, etc. so it's hard to say. If I can no longer feel my feet or fingers after a burn, it's too cold.

I would say low teens. I work outside so I sort of block it out of my mind. Like others have said though if it's 20 and windy out I'll stay inside.

All you need is a good jacket hat gloves and some long johns.

About 35-40 in the sun and 45-50 in the shade.

M Sprague wrote:10 degrees, sunny and no wind can be great

That's about my limit, provided I've got a handwarmer in my chalk bag.

Funny how you can almost tell where someone is from by when they stop climbing. Maybe I'll way until it's about 25 down in the south and take a little trip down to climb.

For sport: 50 degrees in the sun, no wind. (Im a wimp)

50 and sunny.

Total fair weather climber these days...
I'll fish in a blizzard though!

M Sprague wrote:10 degrees, sunny and no wind can be great

I don't think rubber even C4 sticks at that point...

depends on if Ive slept outside the previous night, or had a hot shower.

doligo wrote: I don't think rubber even C4 sticks at that point...

Bare feet ;)

I am fine climbing until the point that my fingers go numb because you can't climb any more when you can't feel what you are holding on to. We had one morning where me and my friend almost bailed because it was so cold.

We decided to move to a project that we had put multi days into working. I think i had given up at that point and just wanted to leave and then my friend sent it. After that it was on and i sent it a few attempts later and we moved onto another project and i finally got that leaving my friend in the I got to send it mode and he got it shortly after that. We than moved onto another problem that we had both sent but decided to cool down on it before we left for the day.

So even when it is cold and you just want to leave... sometimes those are the days you send multi projects.

Depending on how much rest I got and how much I eat the day before. The lowest was minus 11 f on ice. Not too bad. Although I am cold water conditioned diving in low 50's for an hour in a 9mm wetsuit. Not too bad...
Worst thing is when your jaw freezes open and you need to hold your reg in your mouth and fingers don't work. Can be tough. It's amazing how sleepy you get!
On rock low 40s in the sun and mid 50's in the shade is fairly tolerable. If rock is cold I just downgrade. If rock is wet, tr or drytool. A little bit of ice, tr.

Propane heaters, long johns, down beanie and down slippers......Bring it on New England weather