Utah · Rock climbing · Spanish Valley

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover is a Utah climbing area with 5 routes.

50 Ways to Leave Your LoverPhoto: Carter Pape, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
5 routes
5.8+ – 5.10b
Sport · Bouldering · Mixed

Best time to visit 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Best months: March–May 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

    39° / 18°

  2. Feb

    46° / 25°

  3. Mar

    58° / 33°

  4. Apr

    66° / 40°

  5. May

    77° / 50°

  6. Jun

    89° / 60°

  7. Jul

    95° / 68°

  8. Aug

    92° / 65°

  9. Sep

    83° / 56°

  10. Oct

    68° / 42°

  11. Nov

    52° / 30°

  12. Dec

    39° / 19°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Castle Valley 1se, UT, 9.7 mi away at 4,905 ft. The station sits about 600 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land within the Moab Field Office in Utah. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots and trails, with Ken's Lake and Flat Pass Trail both within a few tenths of a mile. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 77°F and October highs around 68°F, while July averages about 95°F and January highs sit near 39°F. Ken's Lake is the closest climbing area, about 0.3 miles away, and Flat Pass Trail is about 0.2 miles off. Ken's Lake Group Sites, about a mile away, offers camping, and Lower Mill Creek is roughly 1.4 miles away.

Keep exploring — more climbs worth the drive

Ken's LakePhoto: Carter Pape, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Ken's Lake

~0 min drive

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Lower Mill CreekPhoto: Carter Pape, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Lower Mill Creek

~2 min drive

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Mill CreekPhoto: Carter Pape, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Mill Creek

~4 min drive

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Sand FlatsPhoto: Jacob Montgomery, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Sand Flats

~11 min drive

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Sunvana WallPhoto: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

Sunvana Wall

~15 min drive

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North ForkPhoto: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

North Fork

~16 min drive

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Gauntlet WallPhoto: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

Gauntlet Wall

~16 min drive

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Hunter CanyonPhoto: Sandy Horvath-Dori from Grand Junction, CO, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Hunter Canyon

~18 min drive

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Ledge C BouldersPhoto: katsrcool, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Ledge C Boulders

~18 min drive

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Big BrainPhoto: katsrcool, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Big Brain

~18 min drive

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