Utah · Rock climbing · Moab

River Road Dihedrals

River Road Dihedrals in Utah has 7 climbing routes on dihedral features.

River Road DihedralsPhoto: Jacob Montgomery, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
7 routes
5.8 – 5.11+
Trad · Sport · Mixed

Best time to visit River Road Dihedrals

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, 2.3 mi away at 4,053 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

River Road Dihedrals is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in the Moab Field Office in Utah, about 0.4 miles from the Grandstaff Canyon Trail and Grandstaff Campground. It sits among a cluster of hiking, camping and climbing destinations in the Moab area, with the Slickrock hike and Goose Island Campground also within a mile. The area has seven routes, with five of them trad and one each of sport and mixed climbing. Grades run from 5.8 to 5.11+, with Root Canal at 5.8 and Oxygen Debt at 5.11+ as the extremes. The dihedral features are the focus of the climbing here, and the routes include both classic and more recent ascents. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Moab 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.

Routes (7)

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