Tennessee · Rock climbing · Sequatchie

Jimmywood

Jimmywood in Tennessee has 23 climbing routes across 14 difficulty grades, offering sport and trad options.

23 routes
5.7 – 5.12a
Sport · Trad

Best time to visit Jimmywood

Best months: April–June and August–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.

  1. Jan

    44° / 26°

    13 wet · 1 snow

  2. Feb

    49° / 30°

    12 wet · 1 snow

  3. Mar

    57° / 37°

    13 wet · 1 snow

  4. Apr

    67° / 45°

    12 wet

  5. May

    74° / 54°

    12 wet

  6. Jun

    80° / 61°

    12 wet

  7. Jul

    83° / 65°

    13 wet

  8. Aug

    83° / 64°

    11 wet

  9. Sep

    78° / 58°

    9 wet

  10. Oct

    68° / 47°

    9 wet

  11. Nov

    57° / 37°

    10 wet

  12. Dec

    48° / 30°

    13 wet · 1 snow

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Monteagle, TN, 9.6 mi away at 1,850 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Jimmywood is a climbing area in Tennessee's South Cumberland land unit, about 0.1 mile from the Gutbuster Area, The Dihedrals and The Sanford Wall. The routes here range from about 5.7 to 5.12a, with 19 sport routes and 4 traditional ones. Late spring and early fall are the most comfortable times to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Monteagle show May highs around 74°F and October highs around 68°F, with September and October seeing the fewest wet days of the year. Several climbing areas sit right beside Jimmywood. The Fiery Gizzard Trail is about half a mile away, and Big Fiery Gizzard Creek offers paddling roughly 2.9 miles out. Raven Point Trail and the Little Sequatchie River are both within about 6 miles.