Utah · Rock climbing · Moab

Buzz Lust

The hardest climb catalogued at Day Canyon's Bootleg Tower sector.

5.12b
grade
Sport Bolted
style

Best time to visit Buzz Lust

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

    42° / 22°

    4 wet

  2. Feb

    50° / 29°

    4 wet

  3. Mar

    62° / 37°

    5 wet

  4. Apr

    70° / 44°

    5 wet

  5. May

    80° / 53°

    5 wet

  6. Jun

    93° / 63°

    3 wet

  7. Jul

    99° / 70°

    5 wet

  8. Aug

    96° / 68°

    6 wet

  9. Sep

    87° / 58°

    5 wet

  10. Oct

    72° / 44°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    56° / 33°

    4 wet

  12. Dec

    42° / 24°

    4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Arches Np Hqs, UT, 4 mi away at 4,093 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

This route represents the upper end of the grade spectrum at Day Canyon, where eight climbs have been catalogued across the Bootleg Tower sector and beyond.

Photo of the crag

Day Canyon — the crag this route is on
Day Canyon, Utah — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: logopop, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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