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Uptown Rock - Upper Tier

Uptown Rock - Upper Tier in California has 8 climbing routes across 7 grades, offering sport and trad options.

Uptown Rock - Upper TierPhoto: GSEC, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
8 routes
5.5 – 5.10b
Trad · Sport

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Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 4 alerts for Inyo National Forest.

As of · Source: USFS · Inyo National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Uptown Rock - Upper Tier

Best months: May–September. 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.

  1. Jan

    41° / 17°

  2. Feb

    41° / 18°

  3. Mar

    45° / 22°

  4. Apr

    51° / 27°

  5. May

    60° / 35°

  6. Jun

    70° / 42°

  7. Jul

    78° / 49°

  8. Aug

    77° / 47°

  9. Sep

    71° / 40°

  10. Oct

    61° / 30°

  11. Nov

    49° / 23°

  12. Dec

    41° / 17°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Mammoth Lakes Rs, CA, 24.4 mi away at 7,804 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Uptown Rock - Upper Tier is a climbing area in California's Inyo National Forest, within the White Mountain Ranger District. The Forest Service manages the land, and the area sits close to the Uptown Rock and Delta Wall climbing areas, each about a tenth of a mile away. The most comfortable climbing weather typically comes in July and August, when typical averages from a nearby weather station in Mammoth Lakes reach highs in the upper 70s and lows in the upper 40s. Winter is much colder, with typical January highs around 41°F and lows near 17°F. The routes here are all trad, with two sport options, and they range from 5.5 to 5.10b. Blue Collar is 5.5, and Funkytown is the hardest at 5.10b. Solemates and Uptown Girl sit in the 5.8 to 5.9 range. For more time in the area, Morgan Mine Road and Mount Julius Caesar are both about half a mile away, and Mosquito Flat Backpacker Campground is about 5.6 miles off.

Routes (8)

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