Nevada · Rock climbing · Las Vegas

Burlap Buttress

Burlap Buttress in Nevada has 13 climbing routes with 11 difficulty grades.

Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

13 routes

5.8+ – 5.12b

Trad

Best time to visit Burlap Buttress

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.

Jan
53° / 32°
4 wet
Feb
56° / 35°
5 wet
Mar
64° / 41°
4 wet
Apr
70° / 47°
2 wet
May
80° / 56°
1 wet
Jun
90° / 66°
1 wet
Jul
95° / 73°
2 wet
Aug
94° / 72°
2 wet
Sep
87° / 62°
2 wet
Oct
75° / 50°
2 wet
Nov
62° / 38°
2 wet
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, 2.2 mi away at 3,780 ft. The station sits about 700 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.

Burlap Buttress is a climbing area in Nevada's Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, within the Bureau of Land Management's Red Rock/Sloan Field Office. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Black Velvet Canyon Boulders and North Face just 0.1 mile away and The Library 0.2 mile off. That puts it well within reach of other named areas in the same stretch of the Red Rock/Sloan Field Office. The climbing here is all trad, with 13 routes ranging from 5.8+ to 5.12b. The hardest of them is K-Day, a 5.12b line first climbed by Paul Van Betten and Jay Smith in 1990. The route that anchors the name, Teabob, is a 5.8+ trad climb, and Children of the Sun, a 5.10b, was first done in 1994 by Tom Cecil, Tony Barnes and John Rosholt. Spring and fall are the most comfortable seasons to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station run to highs around 70°F in April and 75°F in October, while July highs average 95°F. That station sits about 700 feet lower than the area, so expect temperatures on the buttress to run somewhat cooler. Nearby options include the Descent Black Velvet Peak hike 0.3 mile away and Lil' Daytona, a mountain biking trail 1.5 miles off. Red Rock Canyon Campground, 7.9 miles away, offers a place to stay.