Nevada · Rock climbing · Searchlight

Anasazi Walls

Anasazi Walls is a Nevada climbing crag with 7 routes on 3 difficulty grades.

Anasazi WallsPhoto: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
7 routes
5.7 – 5.9
Trad

Best time to visit Anasazi Walls

Best months: February–May and October–November. 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

    54° / 38°

    3 wet

  2. Feb

    58° / 39°

    3 wet

  3. Mar

    65° / 44°

    3 wet

  4. Apr

    73° / 48°

    2 wet

  5. May

    82° / 56°

    1 wet

  6. Jun

    93° / 66°

    1 wet

  7. Jul

    97° / 72°

    2 wet

  8. Aug

    96° / 71°

    3 wet

  9. Sep

    89° / 66°

    2 wet

  10. Oct

    77° / 55°

    2 wet

  11. Nov

    63° / 44°

    1 wet

  12. Dec

    53° / 37°

    3 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Searchlight, NV, 16.7 mi away at 3,540 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Anasazi Walls is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in Nevada, within the Las Vegas Field Office. It sits among a cluster of other climbing areas, with Second Waterfall and Maximum Impact Wall each about 0.1 mile away and Western Fringe about 0.3 mile off. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Searchlight weather station show April highs around 73°F and October highs around 77°F, while July and August average in the mid-90s. The area has seven trad routes, all rated between 5.7 and 5.9 on the YDS scale. Redacted History is the easiest at 5.7, and Crooked Arrow and Ghost Dance are the hardest at 5.9.

Routes (7)

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