Pine Creek Canyon
Pine Creek Canyon in Nevada has 33 climbing routes across 19 difficulty grades.
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 33 routes
- 5.5 – 5.11d
- Trad · Bouldering · Sport
Best time to visit Pine Creek Canyon
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, 4.3 mi away at 3,780 ft. The station sits about 700 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.
Pine Creek Canyon is a climbing area in the Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, part of the Red Rock/Sloan Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management in southern Nevada. It sits within designated wilderness on BLM land, a few miles from Red Rock Canyon Campground. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show October highs around 75°F with lows near 50°F, while July and August average about 94 to 95°F. That station sits roughly 700 feet lower than the canyon, so temperatures up here run cooler. The area holds 33 routes, mostly trad with a few boulders and one sport route. Grades range from 5.5 to 5.11d on the YDS scale and V0 to V4-5 on the V scale. The route Twentynine Posers is rated 5.11d, and Megamoto is 5.10. The Out of Control Area and Dark Shadows Wall are both within about a tenth of a mile. Pine Creek Trail is 0.6 miles away, and Red Rock Canyon Campground is 6.2 miles away.
Routes (33)
Abutment(2)
Beer and Ice Gully(3)
Calcifer(1)
Crabby Appleton Area(1)
Crack of Fire(1)
Eagles Nest(2)
Fractional Wall(2)
Hog Wart, The(4)
Little Joe(3)
Office Wall(1)
Paiute Wall, The(1)
Pisces Wall(1)
Right of Flight Path Area(2)
Rupis(1)
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