The Prow Area
Photo: Zzyzx, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 14 routes
- 5.5 – 5.11a
- Sport
- Feb–May, Oct–Nov
- best months
The Prow Area is a sport climbing area in Arizona's Mount Nutt Wilderness, within the Kingman Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management. It sits among several other climbing areas, with Dall Wall, The Snake Flake and Eastern Block all about 0.1 mile away, and Siberia (Sherman Wall) about 0.4 mile off. The climbing here is all sport, with 14 routes ranging from 5.5 to 5.11a. Among the named routes are Beginners Luck at 5.5, Jaked at 5.8 and Farfegnugen at 5.11a. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to climb. Typical averages from the nearby Kingman Mohave Co airport weather station run from highs around 75°F in April to about 79°F in October, while July highs average near 99°F.
Best time to go · Feb–May, Oct–Nov
Best time to visit The Prow Area
Best months: February–May and October–November. 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.
Jan
57° / 31°
4 wet
Feb
61° / 33°
4 wet
Mar
67° / 38°
4 wet
Apr
75° / 43°
3 wet
May
85° / 53°
1 wet
Jun
95° / 62°
1 wet
Jul
99° / 70°
5 wet
Aug
97° / 69°
5 wet
Sep
91° / 60°
4 wet
Oct
79° / 48°
3 wet
Nov
66° / 37°
3 wet
Dec
56° / 30°
4 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Kingman Mohave Co Ap, AZ, 23.4 mi away at 3,420 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Routes (14)
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