The Cinema
Cinema, The is a Utah climbing area with 12 sport routes across 9 grades.
Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 12 routes
- 5.6 – 5.11a
- Sport
Best time to visit The Cinema
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.
Jan
44° / 21°
6 wet · 1 snow
Feb
52° / 27°
6 wet · 1 snow
Mar
65° / 36°
6 wet
Apr
72° / 43°
5 wet
May
83° / 51°
5 wet
Jun
94° / 59°
3 wet
Jul
99° / 66°
5 wet
Aug
96° / 64°
6 wet
Sep
88° / 55°
6 wet
Oct
74° / 42°
5 wet
Nov
57° / 30°
5 wet
Dec
44° / 22°
5 wet · 2 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Moab, UT, 6.4 mi away at 4,053 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
The Cinema is a sport climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in the Moab Field Office in Utah, about a mile from the town of Moab. It sits among a cluster of climbing areas, with The Theater and The Stage each about 0.1 mile away and Take-Out Beach about 0.3 mile off. The area has 12 sport routes, with grades ranging from 5.6 to 5.11a. The easiest is Minions at 5.6, and the hardest is Encore at 5.11a. Babel and Side Show are both around 5.10. The routes were first climbed by climbers including Lynn Sanson, Josh Gross and BJ Sbarra, with some of the more recent ones dating to 2021. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to climb. 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. For an overnight stay, Upper Big Bend Campground is about a mile away, and Big Bend Group Sites is about 1.3 miles off. The Windows Sand Loop hike is about 2.4 miles away.
Routes (12)
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