Nevada · Rock climbing · Searchlight

Front Slabs

Front Slabs in Nevada has 7 climbing routes with 5 difficulty grades.

Front SlabsPhoto: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
7 routes
5.6 – 5.9
Trad · Sport · Mixed

Best time to visit Front Slabs

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 600 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.

Front Slabs 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 seasons for climbing here. Typical averages from the weather station at Searchlight, about 17 miles away, show April highs near 73°F with lows around 48°F and October highs near 77°F with lows around 55°F. Summer highs there climb into the mid-90s. The station sits roughly 640 feet away in elevation, so conditions at the rock can differ somewhat from those figures. The slabs sit within a tight cluster of other climbing areas. Front Boulder Wall, Jimbo Rocks, Shark Fin Wall and Lower Canyon are each about 0.1 mile away, which makes it easy to combine several walls and boulders in a single visit.

Routes (7)

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