Oakey Buttress
Oakey Buttress in Nevada offers 5 trad climbing routes across 3 difficulty grades.
- 5 routes
- 5.7 – 5.9
- Trad
Best time to visit Oakey 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, 2.8 mi away at 3,780 ft. The station sits about 1,200 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.
Oakey Buttress is a climbing area in Nevada's Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, part of the BLM's Red Rock/Sloan Field Office. It sits within designated wilderness, and the land is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station run from highs around 70°F in April to 75°F in October, with lows in the 50s. That station sits about 1,250 feet lower than the buttress, so temperatures on the cliff run cooler. The climbing here is all trad, with five routes ranging from 5.7 to 5.9. Summerset and Tres Bon are both 5.7, and Les Miserables is 5.9. The closest neighbors are Black Orpheus Amphitheater and Oak Creek Canyon, each about 0.2 miles away, with Blood Wall and Cactus Flower Tower within a third of a mile.
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