Utah · Rock climbing · Kanab

Carrot Buttress

Carrot Buttress in Utah offers 12 climbing routes across 7 grades, featuring mixed and sport styles.

Carrot ButtressPhoto: DarTar, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
12 routes
5.5 – 5.10b
Sport · Mixed

Best time to visit Carrot Buttress

Best months: March–May and 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

    46° / 22°

  2. Feb

    52° / 27°

  3. Mar

    61° / 33°

  4. Apr

    69° / 39°

  5. May

    79° / 48°

  6. Jun

    91° / 58°

  7. Jul

    96° / 65°

  8. Aug

    94° / 63°

  9. Sep

    86° / 53°

  10. Oct

    72° / 41°

  11. Nov

    57° / 29°

  12. Dec

    46° / 21°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Paria Rs, UT, 6 mi away at 4,426 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Carrot Buttress is a climbing area in Utah on Bureau of Land Management land within the Kanab Field Office. It sits right alongside the Swoop Wall and Hammer Wall climbing areas, all within about a tenth of a mile, and the Buckskin Gulch climbing area is just as close. That makes it an easy anchor for a day of climbing in this cluster of walls and gullies. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station run to highs around 69°F and lows near 39°F in April, and highs around 72°F and lows near 41°F in October. That station sits a few hundred feet lower than the buttress, so temperatures here run a little cooler. The area has 12 routes, most of them sport climbs with a few mixed. Grades range from 5.5 to 5.10b. Look At the Bones is a mixed route at 5.5, and Bacon Strip and Jackhammer Johnston are both sport at 5.10b. For a change from the rock, the Buckskin Gulch Trail and Upper Buckskin Gulch Trail both start about 4 miles away. Stateline Campground, roughly 5 miles off, offers a place to stay.

Routes (12)

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