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(7)Dominator Wall

10 routes
5.10a – 5.12a
Sport
May–Jun, Sep–Oct
best months

Dominator Wall is a sport climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in the Medford Butte Falls Field Office in Oregon. It sits among a cluster of climbing areas, with Rainy Day Cave, Sunset Wall and Jane's Buttress all about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is all sport, and the routes run from about 5.10a up to 5.12a. The median grade is 5.11b. Among the named routes are Dark Shadows at 5.10a, Chainsaw Psycho Dork at 5.11b and Captain Quaalude at 5.12a. Summer is the driest stretch. Typical averages from the Lost Creek Dam weather station, about 11 miles away, show July and August highs around 90°F with only two or three wet days a month. Winter is cooler and wetter, with highs in the upper 40s and rain on 17 or 18 days a month.

  • Best time to go · May–Jun, Sep–Oct

    Best time to visit (7)Dominator Wall

    Best months: May–June and September–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.

    1. Jan

      49° / 31°

      17 wet

    2. Feb

      54° / 31°

      14 wet

    3. Mar

      59° / 34°

      16 wet

    4. Apr

      63° / 37°

      14 wet

    5. May

      72° / 43°

      10 wet

    6. Jun

      80° / 47°

      6 wet

    7. Jul

      90° / 52°

      3 wet

    8. Aug

      90° / 51°

      2 wet

    9. Sep

      84° / 45°

      4 wet

    10. Oct

      70° / 38°

      9 wet

    11. Nov

      55° / 34°

      15 wet

    12. Dec

      47° / 31°

      18 wet

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Lost Creek Dam, OR, 10.9 mi away at 1,580 ft. The station sits about 1,600 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

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