Sweetwater Rocks
Sweetwater Rocks in Wyoming has 17 climbing routes across 13 grades, offering bouldering, sport, and trad.
- 17 routes
- 5.5 – 5.12c
- Trad · Sport · Mixed
Best time to visit Sweetwater Rocks
Best months: May–June and August–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
32° / 14°
Feb
36° / 16°
Mar
47° / 23°
Apr
57° / 30°
May
68° / 39°
Jun
78° / 46°
Jul
87° / 54°
Aug
84° / 53°
Sep
74° / 45°
Oct
60° / 33°
Nov
44° / 22°
Dec
33° / 14°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Muddy Gap, WY, 9.6 mi away at 6,248 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Sweetwater Rocks is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in the Lander Field Office of Wyoming, about 10 miles from the town of Lander. The area is managed by the BLM and sits among several other climbing spots in the region, making it a natural base for a day or longer of bouldering and rock climbing. The climbing here is a mix of trad, sport and mixed routes, with 17 routes in total. The YDS grades run from 5.5 up to 5.12c, and the hardest of the named routes is The Name of the Wind at 5.12c. The Moonstone, about 2.4 miles away, and Split Rock, about 3.6 miles away, are the closest climbing areas. The Oregon Trail hike lies about 3.1 miles off, and Lankin Dome is about 3.9 miles away.
Routes (17)
Blob Buttress and Smith's Rock, The(3)
Devils Gate(1)
Great Stone Face, The(2)
McIntosh Peak(1)
Point of Rocks(2)
Reaper's Ridge - Rubber Rose Buttress(2)
Taco Tuesday Crag(2)
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