Staying Home Sucks, home
Tahquitz Rock from bottom of Devil's Slide
Lily Rock. Photo: Benjamin Crowell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Lily Rock

Climbing area · United States

Is it worth the trip?

86Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Rock wet: dry in about 6 h, Rock about 18 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 89 out of 100

Rock
Wetdry in 6 h
Rock temp
18°C
Air
16°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 83 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
17°C
Air
18°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 88 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
19°C
Air
16°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 88 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
18°C
Air
16°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 83 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
21°C
Air
18°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 80 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
20°C
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 83 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
18°C
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for rock, its warmth, the air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 289, good
  3. Tue 383, good
  4. Wed 488, good
  5. Thu 588, good
  6. Fri 683, good
  7. Sat 780, good
  8. Sun 883, good
  9. Mon 979, good
  10. Tue 1081, good

The spot in two facts

  • 1 cragmapped within 5 km
  • Best Apr, Nov6 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know loose rock, seepage, access bans or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Lily Rock
DayScoreRockRock tempAirRain
Sun 1Nov0, poorWet9°C11°C0.7 mm
Mon 2Nov89, goodWetdry in 6 h18°C16°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov83, goodDry17°C18°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov88, goodDry19°C16°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov88, goodDry18°C16°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov83, goodDry21°C18°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov80, goodDry20°C19°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov83, goodDry18°C19°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov79, goodDry22°C18°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov81, goodDry18°C18°C0 mm

Rock and air are in °C, the rock's with the sun on it; rain in mm. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

Town

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Photos of Lily Rock

Suicide Rock seen from the Devil's Slide trail
Near Lily Rock, 2 km away. Photo: Benjamin Crowell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Lily Rock

1 crag mapped. Best from Oct to May. The nearest town to stay in is Idyllwild.

  • Crags 1 crag mapped.
  • Rock No source states the rock.

From OpenStreetMap: the crags mapped within 5 km. Check access and bans locally.

Crags: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,110–US$2,060 each

about US$1,110–US$2,060 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, climbing instructor.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to PSP, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$241–US$502
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$40–US$74
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$348–US$583
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Climbing instructor1 day with an instructor, shared; leave it out if you climb on your ownabout US$141–US$261
Totalabout US$1,110–US$2,060

Climbers bring their own kit: it is not in the cost. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Idyllwild

Closest

Idyllwild

7 min by car · 45 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 45 places to stay in Idyllwild · Booking.com

About Idyllwild its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 6h 30m

About 6h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → PSP, direct, then 40 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.