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J Crags

J Crags in Utah has 10 routes with 8 difficulty grades, offering sport and trad climbing.

J CragsPhoto: Carpenter, Kenneth, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
10 routes
5.4 – 5.12
Trad · Sport

Best time to visit J Crags

Best months: April–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

    41° / 17°

  2. Feb

    47° / 23°

  3. Mar

    59° / 30°

  4. Apr

    66° / 37°

  5. May

    76° / 47°

  6. Jun

    89° / 55°

  7. Jul

    95° / 63°

  8. Aug

    92° / 61°

  9. Sep

    84° / 50°

  10. Oct

    68° / 39°

  11. Nov

    53° / 26°

  12. Dec

    41° / 18°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Goblin Valley Sp, UT, 24.9 mi away at 4,960 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

J Crags is a climbing area in Utah's San Rafael Reef Wilderness, managed by the Bureau of Land Management's Price Field Office. It sits within the wilderness, and several other crags and climbing areas lie close by, including N Crags, U Crags and the Eastern Reef Area, also known as The Sandstone Alps, all about 0.3 miles away. The climbing here is trad, with one sport route, and the grades run from 5.4 to 5.12. Among the routes are Rabbits Trod at 5.6, Dread Naught at 5.7+ and Silver Lining at 5.12. The area's most comfortable months are typically May and September, when typical averages from a nearby weather station run from highs around 76°F to 84°F. Summer is hot, with July highs averaging about 95°F. For a change from the crags, the Sprit Arch and Petroglyph Panel Trail is about 4 miles away, and the San Rafael River offers paddling roughly 9 miles off.

Routes (10)

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