Nevada · Rock climbing · Searchlight

Sunset Cracks

Sunset Cracks in Nevada has 7 bouldering routes across 4 grades.

Sunset CracksPhoto: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
7 routes
V1 – V2-3
Bouldering

Best time to visit Sunset Cracks

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, 13.6 mi away at 3,540 ft. The station sits about 600 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.

Sunset Cracks is a bouldering area on Bureau of Land Management land in Nevada, within the Las Vegas Field Office. It sits among a cluster of climbing areas, with Bone Daddy Dome Bouldering and Bone Daddy Dome both about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is all bouldering, with seven routes listed, and the grades run from V1 to V2. Psychedelic Sunset and Tangerine sky's are both V1, and White blotter is V2. The routes were first ascended by climbers including Doug Edwards III and Bryan Jones. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Searchlight weather station show April highs around 73°F and October highs around 77°F, while July averages climb to about 97°F. Other climbing areas close by include North Breezeway Dome and South Breezeway Dome, each about 0.2 mile away, and Nelson Crags, roughly 4.5 miles off.

Routes (7)

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