Outback Wall
Outback Wall in Idaho has 12 climbing routes across 8 grades, offering sport and trad options.
Photo: waterarchives, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- 12 routes
- 5.5 – 5.10a
- Sport · Trad
Best time to visit Outback Wall
Best months: April–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
36° / 26°
14 wet
Feb
41° / 26°
11 wet
Mar
48° / 31°
13 wet
Apr
56° / 37°
12 wet
May
66° / 44°
11 wet
Jun
72° / 51°
9 wet
Jul
83° / 57°
4 wet
Aug
83° / 56°
4 wet
Sep
74° / 48°
6 wet
Oct
58° / 39°
11 wet
Nov
44° / 32°
14 wet
Dec
36° / 26°
14 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Coeur D'Alene, ID, 7.9 mi away at 2,133 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Outback Wall is a climbing area in Q'Emiln Park in Idaho, on city land. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots and trails, with Garden Wall and Lower Fifth Canyon both about 0.1 mile away and Upper Fifth Canyon about 0.2 mile off. The park's own climbing area, Q'Emilin Park, is about 0.3 mile away. The area has 12 routes, 11 of them sport and one trad. The grades run from 5.5 to 5.10a, with the hardest being White Whale at 5.10a. Tri-amine Crack is the only trad route, a 5.7 that Bob Loomis first climbed in September 2013. Summer is the most comfortable time to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Coeur d'Alene show July and August highs around 83°F with only about four wet days a month, while winter highs stay in the mid-30s.
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