Dragon in Your Dreams
Upper-middle difficulty among 11 routes at Ambassador Buttress.
- 5.11c
- grade
- Trad Gear
- style
Is Dragon in Your Dreams open right now?
No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
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Best time to visit Dragon in Your Dreams
Best months: April–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.
Jan
42° / 23°
Feb
46° / 25°
Mar
55° / 31°
Apr
68° / 40°
May
75° / 49°
Jun
81° / 58°
Jul
84° / 62°
Aug
83° / 61°
Sep
78° / 54°
Oct
68° / 43°
Nov
56° / 33°
Dec
46° / 27°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Anstead Hawks Nest Sp, WV, 4.3 mi away at 1,296 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
One of 11 routes catalogued at Ambassador Buttress, this climb sits in the upper-middle range of the crag's 5.7 to 5.12b span.
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