Check Your Head Wall
Check Your Head Wall in Texas offers 5 sport climbing routes with 5 distinct difficulty grades.
- 5 routes
- 5.10d – 5.12d
- Sport
Best time to visit Check Your Head Wall
Best months: October–May. 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
60° / 39°
7 wet
Feb
65° / 43°
7 wet
Mar
72° / 49°
8 wet
Apr
79° / 56°
7 wet
May
85° / 64°
8 wet
Jun
91° / 70°
6 wet
Jul
94° / 72°
5 wet
Aug
95° / 72°
5 wet
Sep
89° / 66°
6 wet
Oct
80° / 57°
6 wet
Nov
69° / 48°
7 wet
Dec
61° / 41°
7 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Dripping Springs 6 E, TX, 11.2 mi away at 1,084 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Check Your Head Wall is a climbing area in Texas, about a mile from the town of Hammetts Crossing. It sits among a cluster of other climbing spots, with Tit for Tom, King Bee Memorial Buttress and House of Pain all within about a tenth of a mile. The name Check Your Head Wall is a natural fit for a place where the routes run from 5.10d up to 5.12d, and the most common grade is 5.12. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Dripping Springs show April highs around 79°F and October highs around 80°F, while July and August average in the low 90s. The climbing here is all sport, and the routes are mostly in the 5.10 to 5.12 range. Pocket Change is 5.10d, and Check Your Head is 5.12c. Swingers, at 5.12d, is the hardest of the five listed routes. For a change from the rock, the Scenic Overlook Trail is about 6.6 miles away, and the Cypress Mill Loop offers mountain biking at about 6.7 miles.
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