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Upper Falls

Upper Falls in California has 20 climbing routes with 13 difficulty grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad styles.

Upper FallsPhoto: Alexander Hatley, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
20 routes
5.4 – 5.12
Sport · Trad · Mixed

Best time to visit Upper Falls

Best months: March–May and October–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

    51° / 27°

    4 wet

  2. Feb

    55° / 29°

    4 wet

  3. Mar

    62° / 34°

    3 wet

  4. Apr

    69° / 39°

    2 wet

  5. May

    78° / 47°

    2 wet

  6. Jun

    89° / 56°

    1 wet

  7. Jul

    94° / 62°

    1 wet

  8. Aug

    93° / 61°

    1 wet

  9. Sep

    86° / 54°

    1 wet

  10. Oct

    74° / 43°

    1 wet

  11. Nov

    60° / 33°

    2 wet

  12. Dec

    50° / 26°

    4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Haiwee, CA, 11.9 mi away at 3,825 ft. The station sits about 600 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Upper Falls is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in California, administered by the Ridgecrest Field Office. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to climb here. Typical averages from the nearby Haiwee weather station run highs near 69°F and lows near 39°F in April, and around 74°F and 43°F in October, while July highs average about 94°F. Winter brings the most wet days, with December and January lows in the upper 20s. Lower Falls, another climbing area, sits just 0.1 mile away, and the Fossil Falls Trail starts about 0.2 mile off, making it easy to pair a climbing session with a short hike. Farther afield, the Sacatar Trail lies roughly 6 miles away and the Long Canyon Trail about 10 miles away.

Routes (20)

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