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West Face Direct

The hardest climb catalogued at Garden of the Gods.

5.11d
grade
Sport Bolted
style

Best time to visit West Face Direct

Best months: April–June and August–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

    45° / 18°

    4 wet

  2. Feb

    46° / 20°

    5 wet

  3. Mar

    55° / 27°

    7 wet

  4. Apr

    61° / 34°

    8 wet

  5. May

    71° / 44°

    10 wet

  6. Jun

    82° / 53°

    10 wet

  7. Jul

    86° / 58°

    12 wet

  8. Aug

    84° / 57°

    12 wet

  9. Sep

    77° / 49°

    7 wet

  10. Oct

    65° / 37°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    53° / 26°

    5 wet

  12. Dec

    45° / 19°

    4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Colorado Springs Muni Ap, CO, 11.4 mi away at 6,181 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

This is the hardest route catalogued at Garden of the Gods, representing the upper limit of the 10 climbs documented in the 5.3–5.11d range at Montezuma Tower.

Photo of the crag

Garden of the Gods — the crag this route is on
Garden of the Gods, Colorado — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: randomduck, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

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