Canyonlands By Night & Day
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Utah · Rock climbing · Moab
Pale Fire
The hardest climb catalogued in the Moses sector of Taylor Canyon.
- 5.12b
- grade
- Trad Gear
- style
Is Pale Fire open right now?
No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for Canyonlands National Park.
As of · Source: NPS · Canyonlands National Park. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit Pale Fire
Best months: April–June 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
37° / 22°
4 wet · 4 snow
Feb
43° / 27°
4 wet · 3 snow
Mar
54° / 35°
5 wet · 2 snow
Apr
62° / 40°
5 wet · 1 snow
May
72° / 50°
5 wet
Jun
85° / 62°
3 wet
Jul
91° / 68°
6 wet
Aug
88° / 66°
7 wet
Sep
79° / 57°
6 wet
Oct
65° / 44°
5 wet
Nov
49° / 33°
4 wet · 2 snow
Dec
37° / 23°
4 wet · 4 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Canyonlands-The Neck, UT, 5 mi away at 5,871 ft. The station sits about 900 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
This route represents the upper limit of difficulty among the six climbs catalogued in the Moses sector of Taylor Canyon.
Photo of the crag
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