Rose Tower
Rose Tower in Nevada has 9 trad routes across 4 difficulty grades.
Photo: christie_verbose, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- 9 routes
- 5.7 – 5.10b
- Trad
Best time to visit Rose Tower
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, 3.7 mi away at 3,780 ft. The station sits about 1,400 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.
Rose Tower is a climbing area in Nevada's Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management's Red Rock/Sloan Field Office. It sits among a cluster of other climbing areas, with Aquarium Wall and Jungle Wall each about 0.1 mile away and Jackrabbit Buttress about 0.2 mile off. The climbing here is all trad, with nine routes ranging from 5.7 to 5.10. Among them are Olive Oil, a 5.7 first ascended by Jorge and Joanne Urioste with John Williamson in 1978, and Jaws II, a 5.10b. The area's high point is the tower itself, and the surrounding rock makes it a compact destination for a day of climbing. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to go. 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. That station sits about 1,400 feet lower than the tower, so temperatures up high run cooler. Pine Creek Trail is about half a mile away, and Red Rock Canyon Campground is roughly 6 miles off.
Routes (9)
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