Family Wall
Family Wall in North Carolina has 13 routes across 8 grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad climbing.
Photo: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- 13 routes
- 5.6 – 5.11+
- Trad · Mixed · Sport
Best time to visit Family Wall
Best months: February–June and September–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
50° / 28°
9 wet
Feb
55° / 30°
8 wet
Mar
62° / 36°
9 wet
Apr
72° / 44°
9 wet
May
78° / 54°
10 wet
Jun
85° / 63°
11 wet
Jul
88° / 67°
11 wet
Aug
87° / 66°
10 wet
Sep
81° / 59°
8 wet
Oct
72° / 47°
7 wet
Nov
63° / 36°
7 wet
Dec
53° / 30°
8 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Lake Lure 2, NC, 2.6 mi away at 1,040 ft. The station sits about 700 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Family Wall is a climbing area in North Carolina, about a mile from the community of Quail Ridge. It sits among a cluster of other climbing areas, with Doggy Day Care, Comatose Area and Lakeview Area all within a tenth of a mile. That makes it easy to pair with other routes in the same stretch of the state's climbing country. The area has 14 routes, with trad climbing the most common style. Mixed and sport routes also appear, and the grades run from 5.6 up to 5.11+. Among the named routes are Family Wall Corner at 5.6, Dirty Jugs at 5.7, and Direct Descendents at 5.11+. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Lake Lure show October highs around 72°F with lows near 47°F, and April is similar at about 72°F by day and 44°F at night. That station sits roughly 650 feet lower than the wall, so temperatures on the rock run cooler. Hikers can find the Rumbling Bald Loop about half a mile away and the Party Rock Trail at under a mile. Lake Lure, a fishing spot, is about 1.4 miles off.
Routes (13)
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