Mickey's Wall
Mickey's Wall in California has 4 routes ranging across 4 difficulty grades, offering sport and trad climbing.
- 4 routes
- 5.8 – 5.11
- Sport · Trad
Best time to visit Mickey's Wall
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.
Jan
57° / 38°
Feb
60° / 38°
Mar
67° / 42°
Apr
73° / 47°
May
82° / 54°
Jun
92° / 62°
Jul
97° / 69°
Aug
97° / 69°
Sep
90° / 62°
Oct
78° / 52°
Nov
65° / 42°
Dec
55° / 35°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Johnson Valley, CA, 2.8 mi away at 3,167 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Mickey's Wall is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in California's Barstow Field Office, about 2.8 miles from the Johnson Valley weather station. It sits among several other climbing areas, including Mickey's Wall-South Side, Ghost Rock and the Ghost Road Area, all within about a tenth of a mile. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Johnson Valley station run from highs around 73°F in April to 78°F in October, while July and August average highs near 97°F. The area has four routes, with sport climbing making up three of them and trad one. Grades range from 5.8 to 5.11, with Astroboy at 5.8 and 3 Stooge n00bs at 5.10d. The Johnson Valley Area is about 1.3 miles away, and the Kickapoo Trail is about 2.2 miles off.
Routes (4)
Mickey's Wall-NORTH Side(3)(2)
Mickey's Wall-West End(2)
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