California · Rock climbing · Apple Valley

BMX Crags

BMX Crags in California has 14 routes ranging across 11 grades, offering sport and trad climbing.

14 routes
5.8 – 5.13a
Sport · Trad

Best time to visit BMX Crags

Best months: October–May. 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

    60° / 37°

  2. Feb

    62° / 39°

  3. Mar

    69° / 42°

  4. Apr

    75° / 46°

  5. May

    82° / 53°

  6. Jun

    92° / 59°

  7. Jul

    97° / 65°

  8. Aug

    97° / 65°

  9. Sep

    91° / 61°

  10. Oct

    80° / 51°

  11. Nov

    67° / 42°

  12. Dec

    59° / 35°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Hesperia 2e, CA, 9 mi away at 3,055 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

BMX Crags is a climbing area in California on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management's Barstow Field Office. The most comfortable climbing weather comes in spring and fall. A nearby weather station at Hesperia typically averages highs around 75°F in April and 80°F in October. Midsummer highs there typically reach the upper 90s, and winter lows dip into the mid-30s. Several other climbing spots sit right alongside the crags. The Igloo and Ring Side Boulders are each about 0.1 mile away, and BMX Area Bouldering is about 0.2 mile off. For a hike, Tangelo Trail starts about 4 miles away.