Sweet Pain Wall
Sweet Pain Wall in Nevada offers 13 climbing routes across 10 grades in sport and trad styles.
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 13 routes
- 5.7 – 5.12b/c
- Sport · Trad
Best time to visit Sweet Pain 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, 6.2 mi away at 3,780 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Sweet Pain 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 other climbing areas, with Stone Wall, Hunter S. Thompson Dome and Upper Level - Right all about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is sport-oriented, with 12 sport routes and one trad route among the 13 listed. The YDS grades run from 5.7 up to 5.12b/c, with Glitter Gulch at 5.11a and Lee Press On at 5.12b/c as two of the more notable routes. A-Cute Pain is the only trad route, a 5.8 first ascended by Todd and Donette Swain in 1993. 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. The Calico Hills Trail starts about 0.2 mile away, and the Calico Basin Trail is about 0.6 mile off. For an overnight stay, Red Rock Canyon Campground is roughly 3.4 miles away.
Routes (13)
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