Having never climbed in moab during the winter, I am curious as to the average temperatures this time of the year. Anyone have suggestions of some good south facing areas in the sun 5.6-5.11 sport or trad that are especially good in winter. Hopefully these parameters are not to broad. I prefer traditional crack lines but must be south facing. Towers would be really good.

Days are short. You really oly get 4 hours or so of climbable time on sunny days. Snow takes a while to melt and the rock takes even longer to dry out. Nights are long and cold. Accordingly, there are no crowds.

Fine Jade, and Kor Ingalls are two good winter routes, and are both classics.

First time I ever went to Arches was in January...it was covered in about 6 inches of snow. Not sure if that is typical or not. That being said...just did Jah Man(10b/c) on the Sister Superior group a couple of weeks ago. Sunny all day, suprisingly not windy for a tower (Castleton tower tried to blow me off during every route I have done on it), and the climbing is stupendous! Wall Street is usually a warm, sunny cliff offering a ton of routes in the 5.8 and above range.

Dan Godshall

I spent 4 days in IC from Feb 10-14 last year. It was cold but climbable. If it's nice, it's nice, but weather can move in.