Arizona · Bouldering · Groom Creek · Near Prescott

Do You Want Your Palms Red?

V2
grade
Bouldering Pads
style
Mar–May, Sep–Oct
best months

Is Do You Want Your Palms Red? open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Prescott National Forest. It doesn't name Do You Want Your Palms Red?, so check the source for the area it covers (5 listed).

As of · Source: USFS · Prescott National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

One of 19 boulder problems catalogued at The Canyon Area, this climb sits in the lower-middle range of the crag's V0 to V9-10 span.

Around this trail

Add any of these when you start a trip
  • Sleep close

    Groom Creek Schoolhouse

    Campground

    Campground · 0.3 mi from the trail
  • Eat after

    Badger's Den

    Restaurant

    On your way back · 4 mi
  • If it rainsDoncram, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Sharlot Hall Museum

    Museum

    On your way back · 6 mi

    An open-air museum located in Prescott, Arizona

Places © OpenStreetMap contributors · Photos: Doncram, CC BY-SA 3.0 (commons)

More in Prescott
  • Nearby · Copper Basin / Thumb Butte Loop · Brush Monkey Boulders · First Canyon aka The Boneyard
  • Best time to go · Mar–May, Sep–Oct

    Best time to visit Do You Want Your Palms Red?

    Best months: March–May and September–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

    1. Jan

      53° / 24°

      5 wet

    2. Feb

      55° / 26°

      6 wet

    3. Mar

      61° / 32°

      5 wet

    4. Apr

      68° / 37°

      3 wet

    5. May

      76° / 45°

      3 wet

    6. Jun

      87° / 54°

      3 wet

    7. Jul

      90° / 61°

      9 wet

    8. Aug

      87° / 60°

      10 wet

    9. Sep

      82° / 52°

      6 wet

    10. Oct

      73° / 40°

      4 wet

    11. Nov

      62° / 30°

      4 wet

    12. Dec

      52° / 24°

      5 wet

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Prescott, AZ, 7.1 mi away at 5,205 ft. The station sits about 1,200 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

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