Utah · Rock climbing · Moab

Small Adventures Wall / 313 Slabs

17-route climbing area in Utah with bouldering and sport routes.

Small Adventures Wall / 313 SlabsPhoto: BFS Man from Webster, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
17 routes
5.4 – 5.12
Sport · Bouldering

Best time to visit Small Adventures Wall / 313 Slabs

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.

  1. Jan

    39° / 17°

    5 wet

  2. Feb

    47° / 25°

    5 wet

  3. Mar

    59° / 32°

    4 wet

  4. Apr

    67° / 39°

    4 wet

  5. May

    78° / 48°

    4 wet

  6. Jun

    90° / 58°

    3 wet

  7. Jul

    96° / 66°

    4 wet

  8. Aug

    92° / 63°

    5 wet

  9. Sep

    83° / 53°

    5 wet

  10. Oct

    68° / 40°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    52° / 27°

    4 wet

  12. Dec

    39° / 17°

    5 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Moab Canyonland Ap, UT, 7.3 mi away at 4,561 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Small Adventures Wall / 313 Slabs is a climbing area in Utah on Bureau of Land Management land within the Moab Field Office. The name pairs a slabby wall with a numbered route cluster, 313 Slabs, and it sits among a web of hiking, climbing and camping routes around Moab. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Moab run from highs in the upper 60s in April to the mid-70s in May, and from the mid-60s in October to the low 70s in October. Summer is hot, with typical July highs around 96°F. The area has 17 routes, 16 of them sport climbing and one a boulder problem. The grades range from 5.4 to 5.12, with a few routes near 5.8 to 5.8+. Small Two, at 5.12, is the hardest listed. The Seven Mile Wash Trail lies just 0.1 mile away and the 313 Corridor is 0.6 mile off. The Monitor and Merrimac Buttes are about 1.4 miles away, and Courthouse Rock Campground is roughly 4.7 miles from the wall.

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313 CorridorPhoto: BFS Man from Webster, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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~1 min drive

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Monitor and Merrimac ButtesPhoto: BFS Man from Webster, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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