Utah · Rock climbing · Moab

Abraxas Wall

Abraxas Wall in Utah has 11 climbing routes across 8 grades, offering sport and trad options.

Abraxas WallPhoto: Sandy Horvath-Dori from Grand Junction, CO, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
11 routes
5.10 – 5.11c/d
Trad · Sport

Best time to visit Abraxas Wall

Best months: March–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

    44° / 21°

    6 wet · 1 snow

  2. Feb

    52° / 27°

    6 wet · 1 snow

  3. Mar

    65° / 36°

    6 wet

  4. Apr

    72° / 43°

    5 wet

  5. May

    83° / 51°

    5 wet

  6. Jun

    94° / 59°

    3 wet

  7. Jul

    99° / 66°

    5 wet

  8. Aug

    96° / 64°

    6 wet

  9. Sep

    88° / 55°

    6 wet

  10. Oct

    74° / 42°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    57° / 30°

    5 wet

  12. Dec

    44° / 22°

    5 wet · 2 snow

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Moab, UT, 4.4 mi away at 4,053 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Abraxas Wall is a climbing area in Utah on Bureau of Land Management land within the Moab Field Office. It sits among a cluster of trails and boulders, with the Amasa Back Connector Trail just 0.1 mile away and the HyMasa Trail and Cliff Hanger Trail each about 0.2 mile off. Scorched Earth Crag is roughly 0.3 mile away, and William's Bottom Campground is under a mile away. The climbing here is trad, with one sport route, Bad Ju-Ju, at 5.11b/c. The rest run from 5.10- to 5.11c/d. Among the named routes are Abraxas Tower at 5.10-, Owl Slayer at 5.10, and Navajo Warrior at 5.11c/d. The Invert Offwidth Boulder Circuit is also within a third of a mile. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Moab show April highs around 72°F and October highs around 74°F, while July averages near 99°F.

Routes (11)

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Invert Offwidth Boulder CircuitPhoto: Sandy Horvath-Dori from Grand Junction, CO, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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

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Scorched Earth CragPhoto: Sandy Horvath-Dori from Grand Junction, CO, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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The Cirque of the ClimbablesPhoto: Sandy Horvath-Dori from Grand Junction, CO, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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