Washington · Rock climbing · Oroville

Banded Wall

Banded Wall in Washington has 11 climbing routes across 7 grades, offering sport and trad options.

11 routes
5.6 – 5.12+
Sport · Trad

Best time to visit Banded Wall

Best months: April–June 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

    34° / 23°

  2. Feb

    42° / 26°

  3. Mar

    54° / 31°

  4. Apr

    64° / 37°

  5. May

    74° / 44°

  6. Jun

    79° / 50°

  7. Jul

    88° / 55°

  8. Aug

    87° / 54°

  9. Sep

    77° / 46°

  10. Oct

    61° / 37°

  11. Nov

    44° / 29°

  12. Dec

    34° / 24°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Tonasket 4 Nne, WA, 8.6 mi away at 960 ft. The station sits about 900 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Banded Wall is a climbing area in north-central Washington on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management's Spokane Wenatchee Field Office. It sits about 0.2 miles from the Whistler Canyon Trailhead near Oroville. Late spring and early fall are the most comfortable times to climb. At the nearby Tonasket weather station, typical May highs reach about 74°F and September highs about 77°F, with lows in the mid-40s. That station sits roughly 900 feet below the wall, so temperatures at the rock run cooler. Midsummer highs at the station average in the upper 80s, and winter highs stay in the mid-30s. Other climbing is close by. Upper Canyon - North Side is about 0.1 miles away, and North Canyon - Sleeping Turtle Rock is about 0.2 miles away. The Whistler Canyon Trail starts close at hand, and the Similkameen River offers canoeing about 5.6 miles away.

Routes (11)

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South SidePhoto: Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region, Public Domain Mark (via Flickr)

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West SidePhoto: Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region, Public Domain Mark (via Flickr)

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West FacePhoto: Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region, Public Domain Mark (via Flickr)

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East SidePhoto: BLM Oregon & Washington, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)

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Little West CanyonPhoto: BLM Oregon & Washington, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)

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