Tsunami Wall
Tsunami Wall in Nevada has 12 routes ranging across 9 grades, offering sport and trad climbing.
Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- 12 routes
- 5.7 – 5.13+
- Sport · Trad
Best time to visit Tsunami 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, 5.9 mi away at 3,780 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Tsunami 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 Trundle Wall, Newcastle Crag and Iron Man Wall all about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is sport and trad, with 12 routes in total. The grades run from 5.7 up to 5.13+, and the hardest route is Barracuda. Women and Children First is the only trad route, a 5.7 first ascended by Donette and Todd Swain in 1993. Aftershock, at 5.12b, and Man Overboard, at 5.12d, are among the sport routes. 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. Red Rock Canyon Campground is about 3 miles away for an overnight stay.
Routes (12)
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