California · Rock climbing · Desert Hot Springs

Unforgiven

The hardest climb catalogued at this Courthouse Formation sector.

5.12a
grade
Sport Bolted
style

Best time to visit Unforgiven

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

    58° / 38°

    4 wet

  2. Feb

    61° / 39°

    3 wet

  3. Mar

    67° / 40°

    3 wet

  4. Apr

    73° / 46°

    2 wet

  5. May

    82° / 52°

    1 wet

  6. Jun

    91° / 59°

    0 wet

  7. Jul

    96° / 66°

    2 wet

  8. Aug

    96° / 68°

    2 wet

  9. Sep

    89° / 60°

    2 wet

  10. Oct

    80° / 50°

    1 wet

  11. Nov

    66° / 41°

    2 wet

  12. Dec

    58° / 34°

    4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Yucca Valley, CA, 12.9 mi away at 3,249 ft. The station sits about 1,000 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.

This route represents the upper limit of difficulty among the six climbs catalogued at Quail Springs Area's Courthouse Formation sector.

Photo of the crag

Quail Springs Area — the crag this route is on
Quail Springs Area, California — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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