Nevada · Rock climbing · Las Vegas

Child's Play Wall

Child's Play Wall in Nevada has 7 climbing routes with 4 difficulty grades.

Child's Play WallPhoto: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
7 routes
5.5 – 5.8
Sport · Trad

Best time to visit Child's Play 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, 5.7 mi away at 3,780 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Child's Play Wall is a climbing area in Nevada on Bureau of Land Management land within the Red Rock/Sloan Field Office. It sits among a cluster of other climbing areas, with Cactus Massacre, Universal City and Velvet Elvis and The Climb Bomb all about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is sport and trad, with seven routes in total. The Wedgie is the only trad route, a 5.5, and the rest are sport. Grades run from 5.5 to 5.8, with the median at 5.7. The sport routes include Rounders at 5.6, Hide and Seek at 5.7 and Tag You're It at 5.8. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to climb. 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. The Girl Scout Trail and Calico Basin Trail are both about 0.3 mile away. Red Rock Canyon Campground is about 2.7 miles off.

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