Yes, Smith Rock rocks!

Speaking of water, if there is a brief period of showers at Smith Rock during the day, how long does it take for the rock to dry off?

a couple of hours of nice hot sunny summer weather and the rock will be perfectly dry. There is no way that it will rain very much during the summer at Smith Rock though.

Have fun when you are there. If you have any question feel free and ask me.

Wolfgang

This summer i will be doing a 6 day rock climbing camp at smith rocks in Oregon. I will be doing it in conjugtion with a ski camp at mount hood. So ill train for a week and then rock climb for a week then fly home

Can I get this guy's number if he rocks so much?

Wow, people really climb there in the summer huh? I went once in early June down into the Lower Gorge. We went down in the early morning, swam mid-day, and climbed in the evening. And it was STILL WAY too hot for me!! I love Smith in the Spring and Fall, but I'd never climb there in the summer. I've heard of people doing it before. But there are other places that are much nicer in the summer!

How long does the rock take to dry off in mid March when it's not hot?

I'm going to be there from Friday the 13th to Monday the 16th. I've been watching the forecast for over a week and it had been calling for sun or sunny with cloudy periods for the time I'll be there, BUT just in the past few days the forecast changed.

Now there's a "few showers" forecasted for Sunday - it was forecasted to be on Monday a few days ago, but now it's Sunday.

The current forecast calls for a 30% chance of a "few showers" on Sunday. For the days that I'll be there the daily highs are about 50 and the over night lows are about 27.

So, if it does rain on Sunday, how long would it take the rock to dry?

Wow, people really climb there in the summer huh? I went once in early June down into the Lower Gorge. We went down in the early morning, swam mid-day, and climbed in the evening. And it was STILL WAY too hot for me!! I love Smith in the Spring and Fall, but I'd never climb there in the summer. I've heard of people doing it before. But there are other places that are much nicer in the summer!

I personally went there in early July following one of the USA Climbing Junior Nationals at Portland, maybe around 2000? Being from New England, I found it hot but quite climbable without the humidity. There are enough different aspects to the crags that you can chase the shade quite easily. The recommendation for a gallon of water/person is right on.

Basically we tried to be at the base of the rock for sun-up, hike out for an ice cream and a swim (hotel, not that nasty river) around noon, and then be back around 3ish until sundown. It was one of my personal favorite trips, as far as sport climbing goes.

I was at Smith last end of May, where we got quite a bit of rain during the week that I was there. Rained some in the afternoon of one day, the next was almost all rain, and then, some more at night. The rock was perfectly climbable the day after. Some of the routes at Picnic Lunch Wall stay dry in a vertical rain.

30% chance of rain means 70% chance of no rain!

Also, when you see 30%, it usually means that the storm is spotty, or that it's just the leading/tailing spotty edge of a bigger system.

So, it really means "30% chance that a single drop of rain will fall from the sky." Even if it does rain, it's probable that it will not rain very much, or that it will be small cloudbursts visible around the landscape, but perhaps not on you for the entire day.

Smith is in a bizarre little "clear weather" feature in the state......the 3 sisters area creates a mega-windbreak. Smith lies within the lee of this feature, and it is not uncommon to see rain in the distance, both to the North and to the South, with a "hole" over smith and associated sunshine.

Enjoy.