The Knight
Knight, The is a climbing crag in Wyoming with 6 routes.
- 6 routes
- 5.8 – 5.12b
- Sport · Trad
Is Knight, The open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Bighorn National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Bighorn National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit The Knight
Best months: June–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
30° / 8°
Feb
29° / 7°
Mar
35° / 13°
Apr
41° / 18°
May
50° / 28°
Jun
61° / 35°
Jul
71° / 42°
Aug
70° / 41°
Sep
61° / 33°
Oct
46° / 23°
Nov
36° / 15°
Dec
29° / 8°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Burgess Junction, WY, 8.5 mi away at 8,060 ft. The station sits about 700 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
The Knight is a climbing area in the Tongue Ranger District of Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among several other climbing spots, with Happy Trails and Shadow Wall each about 0.1 mile away. The area has six routes, five of which are sport and one is trad. Grades run from 5.8 up to 5.12b, with the median at 5.11d. The routes include Yellow Knight (5.8), White Knight (5.11d) and Dark Knight (5.12b), and the trad route Chink in the Armor (5.11c) was first climbed by Trevor Bowman and Yale Preston in 2010. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Burgess Junction weather station, at 8,060 feet, show July highs around 71°F with lows near 42°F, while winter highs stay in the low 30s. Nearby, the Smith Creek and Horse Creek hikes are within about 2 miles, the Tongue River offers canoeing about 2.8 miles away, and Sibley Lake campground is about 6.4 miles off.
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