Arizona · Rock climbing · Mount Lemmon · Near Oracle

Your Mom's Basement

Your Mom's BasementPhoto: Shepard4711, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
16 routes
5.5 – 5.10b/c
Sport · Trad
Mar–Nov
best months

Is Your Mom's Basement open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Santa Catalina Ranger District. It doesn't name Your Mom's Basement, so check the source for the area it covers.

As of · Source: USFS · Santa Catalina Ranger District. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Your Mom's Basement is a climbing area in the Pusch Ridge Wilderness, part of the Santa Catalina Ranger District of Coronado National Forest in Arizona. The Forest Service manages the land, and the area sits within designated wilderness. The climbing here is sport climbing, with one trad route, and the grades run from 5.5 up to 5.10b/c. The most common route is She Fell Flat On Her Face at 5.5, and The One Eyed Monster is the hardest at 5.10b/c. The Jenga Tower and Your Mom's Basement lies just 0.1 mile away, and Cozzetti Crags and Willow Canyon Crags are each about 0.4 mile off. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to go. Typical averages from the nearby Mt Lemmon Willow Canyon weather station, at 7,027 feet, show May highs around 71°F and October highs around 68°F, with lows near 50°F. Summer highs there run about 80°F. Rose Canyon Lake, a mountain biking area, is 0.6 mile away, and Rose Canyon campground is about a mile off. Bug Springs Trail and Palisade are both within about 1.6 miles.

Around this trail

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  • Sleep close

    Upper Rim Campgrounds

    Campground

    Campground · 0.8 mi from the trail
  • Eat after

    Butler Hall

    Fast food

    On your way back · 2 mi
  • If it rains

    Wildlife Viewing Area

    Viewpoint

    On your way back · 16 mi

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  • Best time to go · Mar–Nov

    Best time to visit Your Mom's Basement

    Best months: March–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.

    1. Jan

      50° / 34°

    2. Feb

      50° / 33°

    3. Mar

      55° / 37°

    4. Apr

      62° / 43°

    5. May

      71° / 51°

    6. Jun

      80° / 60°

    7. Jul

      80° / 63°

    8. Aug

      79° / 62°

    9. Sep

      75° / 59°

    10. Oct

      68° / 49°

    11. Nov

      59° / 40°

    12. Dec

      49° / 33°

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Mt Lemmon Willow Canyon, AZ, 0.9 mi away at 7,027 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Routes (16)

ScorpianaFA: Kristina Bergdahl-Martel, Nick Martel5.10aScrambled EggFA: Nick Martel, Kristina Bergdahl-Martel5.10aHot And WetFA: Kristina Bergdahl-Martel, Nick Martel5.10a/b...HardFA: Kristina Bergdahl-Martel, Nick Martel5.10bThe One Eyed MonsterFA: Kristina Bergdahl-Martel, Nick Martel5.10b/cShe Fell Flat On Her FaceFA: Kristina Bergdahl-Martel, Nick Martel5.5Bolts Or Brass BallsFA: Nick Martel, Kristina Bergdahl-Martel5.7The Birth CanalFA: Nick Martel, Kristina Bergdahl-Martel5.7The Hot SlotFA: Nick Martel, Kristina Bergdahl-Martel5.8Lie Back Down...FA: Nick Martel, Kristina Bergdahl-Martel5.8-A Route Named After Our Dog Snoop's CarrotFA: Nick Martel, Kristina Bergdahl-Martel5.8+Trouser BulgeFA: Nick Martel, Kristina Bergdahl5.8+...I'm Not Finished YetFA: Kristina Bergdahl-Martel, Nick Martel5.9Rock...FA: Nick Martel, Kristina Bergdahl-Martel5.9Thank God For Your Big JugsFA: Nick Martel, Kristina Bergdahl-Martel5.9Huecos RancherosFA: Nick Martel, Kristina Bergdahl-Martel5.9+

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