Tomato Wall
Tomato Wall in Washington has 20 routes across 8 grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad climbing.
Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 20 routes
- 5.8 – 5.11b
- Trad · Sport · Mixed
Best time to visit Tomato Wall
Best months: March–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.
Jan
36° / 23°
7 wet
Feb
44° / 27°
5 wet
Mar
55° / 32°
5 wet
Apr
63° / 39°
5 wet
May
73° / 47°
4 wet
Jun
79° / 53°
3 wet
Jul
87° / 59°
2 wet
Aug
87° / 58°
2 wet
Sep
78° / 50°
2 wet
Oct
63° / 39°
5 wet
Nov
47° / 29°
7 wet
Dec
36° / 23°
8 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Quincy, WA, 15 mi away at 1,286 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Tomato Wall is a climbing area in the Columbia Basin Wildlife Area Complex in southeastern Washington, managed by State Fish and Wildlife. It sits among a cluster of named climbing spots, with several other walls and pillars within about a tenth of a mile. For comfortable weather, late spring and early fall are the sweet spots. Typical averages from the nearby Quincy weather station show May highs around 73°F and September highs around 78°F, while July and August average about 87°F. The closest neighbors are (d) Coyote Wall, (b) Tilted Pillars, Millennium Wall and Bill's Wall, all about 0.1 mile away. For a change of pace, the Ridge Trail hike lies about 5.7 miles off.
Routes (20)
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