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Summer Beta needed for St George Climbing
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We're going to S. Utah June 20 - 27 and looking into cathedral, wailing wall, and Utah hills. What kind of temps can we expect there? Are any specialized vehicles needed to get to those areas? How long are the approaches from the parking lots? Any other tips greatly welcomed! Thx! |
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Gonna be fucking hot at the wailing wall and cathedral Clearance is nice for wailing wall/cathedral, you can get away with less clearance for utah hills read the mp pages or buy the guidebook, some are at your car, others are 30-40 min uphill |
EJN wrote: Thanks! I just ordered "rock climbs of southwest Utah and Arizona strip." is there another book your recommend? By "fucking hot" do you mean 100+? 90+? We spent July and August for the last 3 years at Red River Gorge. Far from ideal conditions, but still had fun on shaded rock. |
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low 100s, possibly high 90s |
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Wailing Wall/Cathedral (20-30 min walk) should be ok with an early start till afternoon. Diamond (30min)/Simian Complex (5min) at UT hills also good in the AM with the Simian staying in the shade longer. Kellys Rock and Black and Tan (both 5 min) get shade for most of the day, easy drive. Best bet to find rtes to do all day in the shade would be the Grail, you will have a hot 20 min walk up and down. Road is good, bit of clearance would help but not a deal breaker. SW Utah book along with MP will be fine for your trip. There is the Mojave Limestone Guide which will have more updated info if you like paper form. |
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A number of years ago a friend and I were crazy enough to spend about 10 days climbing around St. George in July. It was hot —over 90, at least, every day, but we were still able to climb in the shade in reasonable comfort—especially in comparison to how such temperatures feel in the humid east. We spent most of our time climbing on the basalt in Crawdad Canyon where there were shaded options most of the day just a short walk from each other across the canyon on well-maintained paths. We did climb on the limestone of the Soul Asylum on one of the days. The approach was easy, but had to move between shaded ‘nooks’ several times to climb without being roasted. Chuckwalla was fine in the morning, again with a very short approach. We did end up having a good visit—the climbing was worthwhile, the scenery spectacular. |
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Hurricave for shade if you like hard sport routes. |
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Not sure why you would head for St. George in June. Look into the Cedar City crags, Cedar City is 5800 feet elevation. St George is at 2700 feet. I have that guidebook as well as hikes in Zion guidebook if you want to borrow. I am here in Chattanooga. |
Jon Winsley wrote: Thanks for the offer! That's really nice of you! We're driving to Utah and have a couple weeks planned out there. My son wants to check out Maple, but we didn't want to put all our eggs in the Maple basket in case he doesn't like the style there. St George isn't high enough to protect from the summer heat, but Utah Hills (6,000ft) and Welcome Springs (5,000ft) are a little higher, and I hoped would be a little cooler. Unfortunately that doesn't appear to be so by what the locals are saying. So we changed plans to go to God's Crag (10,500ft) and Rifle (7150ft) before going to Maple. Will stop in the Denver area for 4 days to pre-acclimatize to the God's Crag altitude. |
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Big snow year out here, check that you can get up there. Rifle was/is soaked |
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Maple is perfect! And St George is great in the summer. I imagine the Utah Hills and Maple would have similar temps. Been climbing here the last month and had a few 95 degree days in town. Was very bearable. Sunset Alley is the coolest with some good consisten wind and afternoon shade. Crawdad canyon is the best summer spot. Half swimming hole resort half climbing area. High elevation. Great stuff. Don't listen to any of these people. They don't know how to sweat.... |
