Utah · Bouldering · Moab

Fatman's Folly

Mid-range problem among 17 routes at Arches National Park.

V1-2
grade
Bouldering Pads
style

Is Fatman's Folly open right now?

No closures listed

The National Park Service lists no closures for Arches National Park.

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Best time to visit Fatman's Folly

Best months: March–May and September–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

    39° / 17°

    5 wet

  2. Feb

    47° / 25°

    5 wet

  3. Mar

    59° / 32°

    4 wet

  4. Apr

    67° / 39°

    4 wet

  5. May

    78° / 48°

    4 wet

  6. Jun

    90° / 58°

    3 wet

  7. Jul

    96° / 66°

    4 wet

  8. Aug

    92° / 63°

    5 wet

  9. Sep

    83° / 53°

    5 wet

  10. Oct

    68° / 40°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    52° / 27°

    4 wet

  12. Dec

    39° / 17°

    5 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Moab Canyonland Ap, UT, 8.2 mi away at 4,561 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

One of 17 boulder problems catalogued at Arches National Park, this climb falls in the middle range of the crag's V0 to V3+ span.

Photo of the crag

Arches National Park — the crag this route is on
Arches National Park, Utah — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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