California · Rock climbing · Swall Meadows

Chuckwalla Wall

Chuckwalla Wall in California has 8 routes across 5 grades, featuring sport and trad climbing.

Chuckwalla WallPhoto: GSEC, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
8 routes
5.10b – 5.11c
Sport · Trad

Is Chuckwalla Wall open right now?

Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 4 alerts for Inyo National Forest.

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

Best time to visit Chuckwalla Wall

Best months: April–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

    47° / 18°

    3 wet

  2. Feb

    52° / 22°

    4 wet

  3. Mar

    60° / 28°

    3 wet

  4. Apr

    67° / 33°

    2 wet

  5. May

    76° / 42°

    3 wet

  6. Jun

    87° / 50°

    2 wet

  7. Jul

    94° / 56°

    2 wet

  8. Aug

    91° / 53°

    2 wet

  9. Sep

    84° / 45°

    2 wet

  10. Oct

    71° / 33°

    2 wet

  11. Nov

    57° / 23°

    2 wet

  12. Dec

    46° / 16°

    2 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Dyer 5s, NV, 32 mi away at 4,900 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.

Chuckwalla Wall is a climbing area in California's Inyo National Forest, within the White Mountain Ranger District. The land is managed as city land. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station run from highs around 76°F and lows near 42°F in May to highs around 71°F and lows near 33°F in October. That station sits about 1,200 feet below the wall, so temperatures on the rock run cooler. The area has eight routes, seven of them sport and one trad. Grades range from 5.10b to 5.11c, with the Chuckwalla Wall route at 5.11a and Trigger Finger at 5.11c. Wounded Knee is the only trad route, a 5.10b first climbed by P. Green and J. Wilson in 1989. North Gorge is just 0.1 mile away, and Dihedrals and Cracked Towers are each about 0.2 mile off. For a walk, Lower Rock Creek is roughly 3 miles away.

Routes (8)

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