Monitor and Merrimac Buttes
Monitor and Merrimac Buttes in Utah offers 9 traditional climbing routes across 7 difficulty grades.
Photo: BFS Man from Webster, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 9 routes
- 5.7 – 5.11c
- Trad
Best time to visit Monitor and Merrimac Buttes
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.
Jan
39° / 17°
5 wet
Feb
47° / 25°
5 wet
Mar
59° / 32°
4 wet
Apr
67° / 39°
4 wet
May
78° / 48°
4 wet
Jun
90° / 58°
3 wet
Jul
96° / 66°
4 wet
Aug
92° / 63°
5 wet
Sep
83° / 53°
5 wet
Oct
68° / 40°
5 wet
Nov
52° / 27°
4 wet
Dec
39° / 17°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Moab Canyonland Ap, UT, 6.4 mi away at 4,561 ft. The station sits about 1,000 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Monitor and Merrimac Buttes is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land within the Moab Field Office in Utah. The surrounding area is a cluster of trails and climbing spots, so it works well as a base for a day or longer in the Moab region. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 78°F and October highs around 68°F, while July averages climb to about 96°F. That station sits roughly 1,000 feet lower than the buttes, so temperatures up high run cooler. The closest trails are the Buttes and Towers Trail, about a mile away, and the Sevenmile Rim Trail, about 1.2 miles off. Tusher Canyon, a climbing area about 1.3 miles away, and the Seven Mile Wash Trail, about 1.4 miles away, round out the options. For an overnight stay, Lone Mesa Group Sites and Courthouse Rock Campground are both about 4 miles away.
Routes (9)
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