Elephant Rock - East
Elephant Rock - East in Idaho has 10 routes across 8 grades, featuring mixed, sport, and trad climbing.
Photo: cifraser1, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- 10 routes
- 5.7 – 5.11a
- Trad · Sport · Mixed
Is Elephant Rock - East open right now?
No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for City of Rocks National Reserve.
As of · Source: NPS · City of Rocks National Reserve. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit Elephant Rock - East
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.
Jan
35° / 16°
8 wet
Feb
39° / 19°
7 wet
Mar
48° / 27°
6 wet
Apr
55° / 33°
7 wet
May
65° / 41°
9 wet
Jun
75° / 50°
6 wet
Jul
86° / 59°
5 wet
Aug
85° / 57°
6 wet
Sep
74° / 48°
5 wet
Oct
60° / 35°
5 wet
Nov
45° / 24°
6 wet
Dec
35° / 17°
8 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Rosette, UT, 23 mi away at 5,685 ft. The station sits about 500 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.
Elephant Rock - East is a climbing area in Idaho's City of Rocks National Reserve, managed by State Park and Recreation. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Elephant Rock - North, The Gallstone and Demon Daze Boulder all about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here runs from trad routes on the lower end to sport routes on the higher end, with a mixed route in between. The area's 10 routes span grades from 5.7 to 5.11a, and the hardest of them, Heironimous Bosch, is a sport climb at 5.11a. Columbian Crack, a trad route at 5.7, and Rye Crisp, a trad route at 5.8, are among the older routes, with first ascents in the 1960s. For a change from the rock, Register Rock and Flaming Rock Trail are both about half a mile away, and Window Arch Trail - 250 feet is roughly 0.7 mile off.
Routes (10)
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