Strategic Arms Wall
Strategic Arms Wall in Nevada has 14 climbing routes across 11 grades.
Photo: Corey Leopold, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- 14 routes
- 5.10c – 5.13a
- Sport · Trad
Best time to visit Strategic Arms 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.
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, 6.3 mi away at 3,780 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Strategic Arms 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 climbing spots, with The Owl's Den and Meetup Wall each about 0.1 mile away and Hunter S. Thompson Dome about 0.2 mile off. The area is also close to the Calico Basin Trail, about 0.6 mile away. The climbing here is sport and trad, with 12 sport routes and two trad routes among the 14 listed. The grades run from 5.10c up to 5.13a, with Strategic Arms at 5.12b and Disarmament at 5.13a as the hardest. The wall's name comes from the route Strategic Arms, a trad climb first done by Greg Mayer and Mike Tupper in 1986. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. 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.
Routes (14)
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