Texas · Bouldering · El Paso

Diaphanous Sea

The hardest route catalogued at Sign of the Choss.

V11
grade
Bouldering Pads
style

Best time to visit Diaphanous Sea

Best months: February–May and October–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

    54° / 32°

    4 wet · 1 snow

  2. Feb

    59° / 35°

    3 wet · 1 snow

  3. Mar

    67° / 41°

    3 wet

  4. Apr

    75° / 46°

    2 wet

  5. May

    85° / 55°

    2 wet

  6. Jun

    93° / 64°

    4 wet

  7. Jul

    93° / 65°

    8 wet

  8. Aug

    91° / 65°

    7 wet

  9. Sep

    86° / 60°

    4 wet

  10. Oct

    76° / 50°

    4 wet

  11. Nov

    64° / 39°

    3 wet

  12. Dec

    54° / 33°

    4 wet · 1 snow

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at El Paso 32 Ene, TX, 7.8 mi away at 5,240 ft. The station sits about 500 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

This is the hardest climb catalogued at Sign of the Choss, standing at the top of a V1–V11 grade span across five routes at the crag.

Photo of the crag

Sign of the Choss — the crag this route is on
Sign of the Choss, Texas — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: VisitElPaso, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)