Utah · Rock climbing · Moab

Day Canyon

Day Canyon in Utah has 9 climbing routes with 8 difficulty grades.

Day CanyonPhoto: logopop, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
9 routes
5.8 – 5.12b
Trad · Mixed · Sport

Best time to visit Day Canyon

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.

Day Canyon is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in the Moab Field Office in Utah, about 4 miles from the Arches National Park headquarters weather station. The land is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Arches Np Hqs station show April highs around 70°F and October highs around 72°F, while July highs average near 99°F. Day Canyon Cragging Routes sits just 0.1 mile away, and Wall Street South is 0.3 mile off. The Day Canyon Trail is 0.4 mile away for a hike, and Gold Bar Group Sites offers camping about 1.7 miles from the canyon.

Routes (9)

Boognish Tower(1)

Boognish Tower5.10

Oobleck Tower(1)

Core-shot5.10

Pillar of Bubdom(1)

Pillar of Bubdom5.8

Superball Tower(1)

Superball Tower5.9

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