Utah · Rock climbing · Moab

Trail Boulder

Trail Boulder in Utah has 5 bouldering routes on 4 difficulty grades.

Trail BoulderPhoto: Greg Gebhardt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
5 routes
V2 – V7
Bouldering

Best time to visit Trail Boulder

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

Trail Boulder is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land within the Moab Field Office in Utah, about 6 miles from the town of Moab. It sits among a cluster of other bouldering spots, with Block Top Boulder, Black Box and Army of Darkness Boulder all about 0.1 mile away. 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. For an overnight stay, Upper Big Bend Campground and Big Bend Group Sites are both about 0.3 mile away, and Oak Grove Campground is about 0.6 mile off. The Windows Sand Loop hike lies roughly 3.5 miles away.

Routes (5)

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