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Aquarium Wall

6 trad climbing routes at Aquarium Wall, Nevada, spanning 3 difficulty grades.

Aquarium WallPhoto: Nicola since 1972, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
6 routes
5.7 – 5.9
Trad

Best time to visit Aquarium Wall

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

    53° / 32°

    4 wet

  2. Feb

    56° / 35°

    5 wet

  3. Mar

    64° / 41°

    4 wet

  4. Apr

    70° / 47°

    2 wet

  5. May

    80° / 56°

    1 wet

  6. Jun

    90° / 66°

    1 wet

  7. Jul

    95° / 73°

    2 wet

  8. Aug

    94° / 72°

    2 wet

  9. Sep

    87° / 62°

    2 wet

  10. Oct

    75° / 50°

    2 wet

  11. Nov

    62° / 38°

    2 wet

  12. Dec

    52° / 31°

    3 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S, NV, 3.7 mi away at 3,780 ft. The station sits about 1,000 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.

Aquarium Wall is a trad climbing area in the Rainbow Mountain Wilderness of Nevada, within the Red Rock/Sloan Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management. It sits inside designated wilderness, about a mile from Juniper Canyon and Pine Creek Trail. The climbing here is all trad, and the six routes on the wall range from 5.7 to 5.9. The Aquarium and Balsamic are the two easiest, with the Octopus Cave the hardest. Several of the routes were first ascended by climbers including Bruce Bindner, Greg Barnes and Karsten Duncan, who also led Balsamic in April 2008. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show April highs around 70°F and October highs around 75°F, while July averages about 95°F. That station sits roughly 1,000 feet lower than the wall, so temperatures on the rock run cooler. Red Rock Canyon Campground is about 6 miles away. Rose Tower, Jackrabbit Buttress and Jungle Wall all sit within about a tenth of a mile.

Routes (6)

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