Challenger Wall
Challenger Wall in Nevada offers 10 traditional climbing routes across 6 difficulty grades.
Photo: christie_verbose, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- 10 routes
- 5.10b – 5.11c
- Trad
Best time to visit Challenger 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.
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, 4 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.
Challenger Wall is a climbing area in Nevada's Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, managed by the Bureau of Land Management's Red Rock/Sloan Field Office. It sits within the wilderness, about 0.2 miles from Jet Stream Wall and 0.3 miles from Brownstone Wall, so it is part of a cluster of climbing areas in this corner of the Red Rock/Sloan Field Office. The climbing here is all trad, with 10 routes ranging from 5.10b to 5.11c. The most notable are Space Cowboys at 5.10b, Challenger at 5.10d and Enterprise at 5.11a. The area is named for the Challenger route, which was first climbed by Jay Smith and Randal Grandstaff. 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 and August average in the mid-90s. That station sits about 1,000 feet lower than the wall, so temperatures on the rock run cooler. Pine Creek Trail is 0.8 miles away, and Red Rock Canyon Campground is 6.4 miles away.
Routes (10)
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