Utah · Rock climbing · Moab

Out Damned Spot!

The Theater's hardest catalogued climb.

5.12a
grade
Sport Bolted
style

Best time to visit Out Damned Spot!

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

    44° / 21°

    6 wet · 1 snow

  2. Feb

    52° / 27°

    6 wet · 1 snow

  3. Mar

    65° / 36°

    6 wet

  4. Apr

    72° / 43°

    5 wet

  5. May

    83° / 51°

    5 wet

  6. Jun

    94° / 59°

    3 wet

  7. Jul

    99° / 66°

    5 wet

  8. Aug

    96° / 64°

    6 wet

  9. Sep

    88° / 55°

    6 wet

  10. Oct

    74° / 42°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    57° / 30°

    5 wet

  12. Dec

    44° / 22°

    5 wet · 2 snow

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Moab, UT, 6.5 mi away at 4,053 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

This is the hardest route catalogued at The Theater, sitting at the top of a grade span that runs from 5.10a to 5.12a across 12 climbs at the crag.

Photo of the crag

The Theater — the crag this route is on
The Theater, Utah — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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