Nevada · Rock climbing · Searchlight

Big Ass Rocks- Knob Hill Bouldering

7 bouldering routes in Nevada with 5 difficulty grades.

Big Ass Rocks- Knob Hill BoulderingPhoto: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
7 routes
V0-1 – V2
Bouldering

Best time to visit Big Ass Rocks- Knob Hill Bouldering

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, 13.6 mi away at 3,540 ft. The station sits about 600 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.

Big Ass Rocks- Knob Hill Bouldering is a bouldering area on Bureau of Land Management land within the Las Vegas Field Office in Nevada. The Moon, also known as Knob Hill, sits about 0.3 miles away, and the other climbing areas in the group are all within a quarter mile of this spot. The surrounding terrain is a cluster of domes and boulders, with Bone Daddy Dome, North Breezeway Dome and Sunset Cracks each about 0.1 mile off. The climbing here is all bouldering, and the routes are rated from V0 up to V2. The most common grade is V0, with a few problems on V1 and one on V2. The routes include Crimp Simp, Fireside Smear, cracked cap and MR. stem. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Searchlight, about 13.6 miles away, show highs around 73°F in April and 77°F in October. Summer highs there climb into the mid-90s.

Routes (7)

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