Utah · Rock climbing · Kanab

Swoop Wall

Swoop Wall in Utah has 11 climbing routes across 7 grades, featuring bouldering pads, sport, and trad.

Swoop WallPhoto: DarTar, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
11 routes
5.10a – 5.11d
Sport · Trad · Bouldering

Best time to visit Swoop Wall

Best months: March–May and 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

    46° / 22°

  2. Feb

    52° / 27°

  3. Mar

    61° / 33°

  4. Apr

    69° / 39°

  5. May

    79° / 48°

  6. Jun

    91° / 58°

  7. Jul

    96° / 65°

  8. Aug

    94° / 63°

  9. Sep

    86° / 53°

  10. Oct

    72° / 41°

  11. Nov

    57° / 29°

  12. Dec

    46° / 21°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Paria Rs, UT, 6 mi away at 4,426 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Swoop Wall is a climbing area in Utah, on Bureau of Land Management land within the Kanab Field Office. It sits among a cluster of climbing areas, with Carrot Buttress, Hammer Wall and Buckskin Gulch all about a tenth of a mile away. The most comfortable months for climbing are typically May, when typical highs reach about 79°F and lows about 48°F, and October, with highs near 72°F and lows around 41°F. Those figures are typical averages from a nearby weather station in the Paria area, about 6 miles away. Summer is hot, with typical July highs around 96°F. The area holds 11 routes, mostly sport routes graded from 5.10a up to 5.11d. One route, Grizzly Chizzly, is a 5.10a sport climb, and another, Vicious Dog Attack, is also a 5.10a. The hardest route here is Karma at 5.11d. For an overnight stay, Stateline Campground is about 5 miles away and White House Campground about 6 miles away. The Wire Pass Trail is roughly 4 miles off.

Routes (11)

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