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The Nautilus (Vedauwoo) weather & climbing conditions

Poor — wet, too windy or closed

Right now

Temp50°F
Wind8 mph
Gusts12 mph
Humidity65.1%
Rain 48hdry
Last rainNone recent

Assessment

1.9mm rain forecast
Good friction temperature range for granite
Sherman Granite's coarse crystals are famously abrasive — tape hands and expect fingertip damage; the rock itself is bombproof but skin-shredding

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Sunday 11 October
Poor
Temp59°F
Rain0.07 in
Wind13 mph
Gusts12 mph
Humidity45%
1.9mm rain forecast
  • Good conditions for granite
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 50° dry 8 — 65.1%
07:00 51° dry 9 — 60.1%
08:00 52° dry 10 — 57.5%
09:00 53° dry 10 — 55.9%
10:00 54° 0.02 in 10 — 53.2%
11:00 55° dry 14 — 52.9%
12:00 58° dry 11 — 47.3%
13:00 60° dry 14 — 43.4%
14:00 63° dry 13 — 39.3%
15:00 62° dry 15 — 40.4%
16:00 63° 0.00 in 16 — 38.3%
17:00 61° dry 16 — 40.9%
18:00 60° 0.03 in 13 — 42.9%
19:00 54° 0.02 in 10 — 69.5%
20:00 53° 0.00 in 13 — 73.8%
21:00 53° dry 8 — 68.4%
Mon Monday 12 October
Poor
Temp61°F
Rain0.07 in
Wind16 mph
Gusts—
Humidity37%
1.7mm rain forecastWindy — 25 km/h, gusts 0 km/h
  • Good conditions for granite
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 47° dry 19 — 67.4%
07:00 47° dry 21 — 66.2%
08:00 48° dry 20 — 62.9%
09:00 53° dry 17 — 52.1%
10:00 56° dry 18 — 44.3%
11:00 59° dry 17 — 38.9%
12:00 61° dry 16 — 35.2%
13:00 62° dry 16 — 35.7%
14:00 63° dry 15 — 33.8%
15:00 62° 0.00 in 15 — 33.6%
16:00 61° 0.01 in 11 — 34.5%
17:00 58° dry 8 — 42.2%
18:00 51° 0.01 in 15 — 72%
19:00 47° 0.00 in 12 — 84.5%
20:00 47° 0.01 in 12 — 89.5%
21:00 46° 0.00 in 10 — 95.3%
Tue Tuesday 13 October
Poor
Temp50°F
Rain0.01 in
Wind13 mph
Gusts—
Humidity73%
0.3mm rain forecast
  • Good conditions for granite
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 43° dry 11 — 99.1%
07:00 42° dry 11 — 99.3%
08:00 42° dry 11 — 99%
09:00 43° dry 10 — 97.8%
10:00 46° dry 12 — 89.5%
11:00 49° dry 13 — 77.7%
12:00 51° dry 11 — 72%
13:00 53° dry 13 — 66%
14:00 54° dry 13 — 64.5%
15:00 53° dry 16 — 68.4%
16:00 51° dry 15 — 72.1%
17:00 49° dry 15 — 77%
18:00 47° dry 13 — 79.3%
Wed Wednesday 14 October
Poor
Temp39°F
Rain0.06 in
Wind14 mph
Gusts—
Humidity97%
1.5mm rain forecastHumidity 97% — likely fog/cloud
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 40° 0.02 in 13 — 98.5%
12:00 40° 0.01 in 13 — 97.2%
18:00 38° 0.03 in 6 — 97.9%
Thu Thursday 15 October
Poor
Temp37°F
Rain0.03 in
Wind14 mph
Gusts—
Humidity89%
0.8mm rain forecastHumidity 89% — potential fog
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 35° 0.01 in 8 — 99.5%
12:00 38° 0.01 in 14 — 88.7%
18:00 34° 0.01 in 11 — 96.8%
Fri Friday 16 October
Good
Temp36°F
Raindry
Wind13 mph
Gusts—
Humidity83%
Should be dry
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 31° dry 4 — 95.7%
12:00 35° dry 13 — 82.5%
18:00 37° dry 14 — 84.5%
Sat Saturday 17 October
Caution
Temp55°F
Raindry
Wind18 mph
Gusts—
Humidity45%
Should be dryWindy — 29 km/h, gusts 0 km/h
  • Good conditions for granite
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 42° dry 5 — 56.1%
12:00 55° dry 18 — 45.1%
18:00 51° dry 11 — 54.6%
Sun Sunday 18 October
Good
Temp54°F
Rain0.00 in
Wind5 mph
Gusts—
Humidity54%
Should be dry
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 43° dry 7 — 77.6%
12:00 54° dry 5 — 53.6%
18:00 49° dry 5 — 77.1%

About The Nautilus (Vedauwoo)

The Nautilus is Vedauwoo's iconic centrepiece formation — named for the large nautilus-shell-shaped roof on top, holding 138 documented routes on the famously coarse Sherman Granite. Sherman Granite is Middle Proterozoic (1.43 billion years old per Wyoming State Geological Survey) and contains huge feldspar crystals with 'scalpel-like edges' — Vedauwoo climbing is genuinely hand-shredding, and tape gloves are standard equipment. The area is legendary for offwidth climbing and hand-jamming — 'widely considered one of North America's greatest crack climbing venues'.

Region
Vedauwoo
Rock type
Granite
Aspect
mixed-facing
Altitude
8192 ft
Exposure
high
Seepage
very-low

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