Sand Flats
Sand Flats in Utah offers 9 traditional climbing routes across 8 difficulty grades.
Photo: Jacob Montgomery, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 9 routes
- 5.6 – 5.10c
- Trad
Best time to visit Sand Flats
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° / 18°
Feb
46° / 25°
Mar
58° / 33°
Apr
66° / 40°
May
77° / 50°
Jun
89° / 60°
Jul
95° / 68°
Aug
92° / 65°
Sep
83° / 56°
Oct
68° / 42°
Nov
52° / 30°
Dec
39° / 19°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Castle Valley 1se, UT, 4.7 mi away at 4,905 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Sand Flats is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in the Moab Field Office in Utah. It sits within the BLM's Moab Field Office, about 4.7 miles from the Castle Valley weather station, which sits a few hundred feet lower than the climbing area. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Castle Valley station show May highs around 77°F and October highs around 68°F, while July averages about 95°F and January highs sit near 39°F. The Juniper Hiking Trail is about a mile away, and Falcon Flow, a mountain biking route, is roughly 1.8 miles off. For climbers, the Job Board and North Fork climbing areas are each about 5 miles away.
Routes (9)
Elvis's Hammer(2)
Mexican Caulk Gun?(1)
Pandemic Tower(1)
Point 6,776(1)
Rhino's Horn, The(2)
Sand Flats Scrambling(2)
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