Ice Cream Parlor
Ice Cream Parlor in Utah has 41 climbing routes across 25 difficulty grades in mixed, sport, and trad styles.
Photo: katsrcool, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 41 routes
- 5.5 – 5.12-
- Trad · Sport · Mixed
Best time to visit Ice Cream Parlor
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, 5.4 mi away at 4,053 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Ice Cream Parlor is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land within the Moab Field Office in Utah, about 5 miles from the town of Moab. It sits right next to Hunter Canyon, which has its own climbing area and trail, and the Hunter Canyon Group Site campground, both about 0.1 mile away. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Moab weather station show April highs around 72°F and October highs around 74°F, while July averages near 99°F and January lows drop to about 21°F. Kane Springs Canyon is another climbing area about 0.4 mile away, and the Lower Captain Ahab Trail for mountain biking is about 0.6 mile off. The Ledge Group Sites campground lies roughly 1.9 miles away.
Routes (41)
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