Holdout
Holdout is a climbing area in Wyoming with 29 routes.
- 29 routes
- 5.5 – 5.12a
- Trad · Bouldering · Mixed
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Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 3 alerts for Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest.
Access Impact: Big Creek Lakes Dam Project
Agency alert covering Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Trail & Access Impact: Stillwater Reservoir Project
Agency alert covering Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Snowy Range - 2026 Active Vegetation Operations
Agency alert covering Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit Holdout
Best months: May–September. 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
33° / 12°
7 wet
Feb
35° / 15°
7 wet
Mar
44° / 21°
8 wet
Apr
51° / 28°
11 wet
May
60° / 36°
12 wet
Jun
73° / 46°
10 wet
Jul
81° / 52°
11 wet
Aug
79° / 49°
10 wet
Sep
72° / 43°
8 wet
Oct
56° / 31°
8 wet
Nov
43° / 23°
7 wet
Dec
34° / 14°
7 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Laramie 4se, WY, 12 mi away at 7,390 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.
Holdout is a climbing area in the Laramie Ranger District of Wyoming's Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among a cluster of climbing and camping destinations, with The Dungeon and Vedauwoo Campground each about 0.1 mile away. The area's 29 routes run the gamut from trad climbing on slab and crack to bouldering and mixed routes. The YDS grades range from 5.5 to 5.12-, with the median around 5.9+. Among the named routes are Up the Down Chimney at 5.5, Cement Shoes at 5.10, and Rejecter Ejector, a 5.12- trad climb with a first ascent by Jeb Schenck in the 1970s. Summer is the most comfortable time to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Laramie put July highs around 81°F with lows near 52°F, while winter highs stay in the low to mid 30s. Vedauwoo Glen, a hike about 0.3 mile away, and Turtle Rock Loop, about half a mile off, round out the options for a day in the area.
Routes (29)
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