Utah · Rock climbing · Moab

Taste of Venom

Upper-range climb among six routes at Middle Earth.

5.11
grade
Trad Gear
style

Best time to visit Taste of Venom

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

    42° / 22°

    4 wet

  2. Feb

    50° / 29°

    4 wet

  3. Mar

    62° / 37°

    5 wet

  4. Apr

    70° / 44°

    5 wet

  5. May

    80° / 53°

    5 wet

  6. Jun

    93° / 63°

    3 wet

  7. Jul

    99° / 70°

    5 wet

  8. Aug

    96° / 68°

    6 wet

  9. Sep

    87° / 58°

    5 wet

  10. Oct

    72° / 44°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    56° / 33°

    4 wet

  12. Dec

    42° / 24°

    4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Arches Np Hqs, UT, 4.2 mi away at 4,093 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

One of six routes catalogued at Middle Earth, this climb sits in the upper range of the crag's 5.9 to 5.11+ span.

Photo of the crag

Middle Earth — the crag this route is on
Middle Earth, Utah — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: logopop, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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