Sunset Wall
Photo: Dougtone, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 7 routes
- 5.5 – 5.10a/b
- Sport
- Apr–Oct
- best months
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Sunset Wall is a climbing area in John Boyd Thacher State Park in New York, managed by State Park and Recreation. It sits among several other climbing spots, with Dark Block, Horseshoe North Cliff and Fossil Wall all about 0.1 mile away. The area has seven sport routes, with grades ranging from 5.5 to 5.10-. Rachel Boo is the easiest at 5.5, and Mookie's Delight is the hardest at 5.10-. The Rachel Boo Variation and Mokus Pokus are both 5.8, and Get the Baby Out of Here and Strategery are 5.10a and 5.10a/b. Summer is the warmest stretch for climbing. Typical averages from a nearby weather station run from highs around 77°F in June to about 81°F in July, with lows near 59°F. Winters are cold, with January highs around 31°F. For a walk after climbing, the Blue Loop Trail is about 1.2 miles away, and the Orange Trail and Yellow Trail are each about 1.3 miles off.
Best time to go · Apr–Oct
Best time to visit Sunset Wall
Best months: April–October. 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
31° / 12°
Feb
34° / 13°
Mar
42° / 20°
Apr
57° / 33°
May
70° / 44°
Jun
77° / 53°
Jul
81° / 59°
Aug
80° / 56°
Sep
74° / 49°
Oct
59° / 38°
Nov
48° / 28°
Dec
36° / 19°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Delanson 2ne, NY, 10.8 mi away at 984 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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