Idaho · Rock climbing · Pocatello

Shady Side

Shady Side in Idaho offers 5 sport climbing routes ranging across 4 difficulty grades.

5 routes
5.10a – 5.12c
Sport

Best time to visit Shady Side

Best months: May–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

    36° / 21°

    9 wet · 6 snow

  2. Feb

    41° / 22°

    8 wet · 5 snow

  3. Mar

    52° / 31°

    10 wet · 4 snow

  4. Apr

    61° / 37°

    9 wet · 2 snow

  5. May

    71° / 44°

    10 wet

  6. Jun

    80° / 52°

    6 wet

  7. Jul

    91° / 59°

    4 wet

  8. Aug

    89° / 57°

    4 wet

  9. Sep

    78° / 49°

    5 wet

  10. Oct

    63° / 38°

    7 wet · 1 snow

  11. Nov

    47° / 28°

    7 wet · 2 snow

  12. Dec

    36° / 21°

    9 wet · 5 snow

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Pocatello City, ID, 2.5 mi away at 4,460 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Shady Side is a climbing area in Upper Ross Park, a city-managed parcel in Idaho. It sits on city land, and the surrounding area is a cluster of climbing walls rather than a single route. The most comfortable months for a visit are late spring and early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Pocatello show May highs around 71°F and September highs around 78°F, while July and August average in the high 80s. Ivy League Wall and Main Wall are both about half a mile away, and Middle Wall is about 0.6 miles off. For a walk, the Portneuf Health Trust Unity Trail is about 1.5 miles away.

Routes (5)

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