Idaho · Rock climbing · American Falls

Lightning Bolt Wall

Lightning Bolt Wall in Idaho has 10 routes across 4 grades, featuring bouldering pads and sport climbing.

10 routes
5.9 – 5.11b
Sport · Bouldering

Best time to visit Lightning Bolt Wall

Best months: April–June and September–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

    35° / 17°

    10 wet

  2. Feb

    39° / 21°

    9 wet

  3. Mar

    51° / 27°

    9 wet

  4. Apr

    59° / 33°

    10 wet

  5. May

    68° / 39°

    10 wet

  6. Jun

    78° / 46°

    7 wet

  7. Jul

    89° / 53°

    5 wet

  8. Aug

    88° / 52°

    6 wet

  9. Sep

    77° / 43°

    6 wet

  10. Oct

    62° / 34°

    7 wet

  11. Nov

    47° / 24°

    9 wet

  12. Dec

    35° / 18°

    10 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Massacre Rocks Sp, ID, 1.1 mi away at 4,195 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Lightning Bolt Wall is a climbing area in Idaho managed by the State Department of Land. It sits among several other climbing walls, with Disney Wall, Funny Business Wall and Red Light District all about 0.1 mile away. The area is a cluster of sport routes, with one boulder problem, and the climbing runs from about 5.9 to 5.11b on the YDS scale. Summer is the warmest stretch for a visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Massacre Rocks State Park, about 1.1 miles away, show July highs near 89°F with lows around 53°F, while September cools to highs near 77°F and lows around 43°F. The routes here are mostly sport, and the hardest is Thunder at 5.11b. All 'Lit Up and Lights Out are both 5.9, and I Saw the Light is 5.10a. For a change of pace, the River Trail and Pohogwe Trail are both within about a mile.

Routes (10)