Nevada · Rock climbing · Searchlight

Chicken Leg

Chicken Leg is a Nevada climbing crag with 11 traditional routes across 5 grades.

Chicken LegPhoto: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
11 routes
5.8 – 5.10b
Trad

Best time to visit Chicken Leg

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, 17.1 mi away at 3,540 ft. The station sits about 700 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Chicken Leg is a climbing area in Nevada on Bureau of Land Management land within the Las Vegas Field Office. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to climb here, with typical highs around 65°F in March and 77°F in October, according to averages from the nearby Searchlight, NV weather station about 17 miles away. Summer is far hotter, with typical July highs near 97°F and lows around 72°F at that station. The crag sits within a cluster of climbing spots, all about a tenth of a mile away. Neighbors include Snake Eyes Corridor Bouldering, Lower Canyon, Shark Fin Wall and Beginner's Crag, so it's easy to combine several in one outing.

Routes (11)

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