Good Samaritan Buttress
Good Samaritan Buttress in Tennessee has 6 routes across 5 grades, offering sport and trad climbing.
- 6 routes
- 5.10 – 5.11b
- Trad · Sport
Best time to visit Good Samaritan Buttress
Best months: March–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
48° / 28°
8 wet
Feb
51° / 31°
8 wet
Mar
60° / 38°
9 wet
Apr
71° / 47°
9 wet
May
78° / 55°
8 wet
Jun
85° / 62°
8 wet
Jul
88° / 65°
9 wet
Aug
87° / 64°
8 wet
Sep
81° / 57°
6 wet
Oct
70° / 47°
6 wet
Nov
59° / 38°
7 wet
Dec
50° / 32°
9 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Soddy Daisy-Mowbray Mtn, TN, 2.8 mi away at 1,700 ft. The station sits about 500 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Good Samaritan Buttress is a climbing area on the Cumberland Trail in Tennessee, about 0.1 mile from Conspiracy Buttress and Big Soddy Gorge. The surrounding cluster of climbing areas makes this a compact, easy-to-navigate destination for climbers heading to the trail corridor. The area's six routes run from 5.10 to 5.11+, with four trad climbs and two sport routes. The Good Samaritan, a trad route at 5.10, and Dodging Bullets, a sport route at 5.10c, are among the options. The hardest climb is Gospel of Luke, a 5.11+ trad route. Spring and fall are the most comfortable seasons. Typical averages from the nearby Soddy Daisy-Mowbray Mtn weather station show October highs around 70°F with lows near 47°F, and April highs near 71°F. That station sits roughly 540 feet below the buttress, so temperatures up high run cooler.
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