Idaho · Rock climbing · Arimo

Garden Creek Gap

Garden Creek Gap in Idaho has 4 routes with 3 difficulty grades.

Garden Creek GapPhoto: JF Hobbs, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
4 routes
5.5 – 5.9
Alpine

Best time to visit Garden Creek Gap

Best months: April–June and September–October. 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

    32° / 15°

    11 wet · 7 snow

  2. Feb

    37° / 18°

    9 wet · 5 snow

  3. Mar

    49° / 26°

    9 wet · 2 snow

  4. Apr

    58° / 32°

    9 wet · 1 snow

  5. May

    68° / 39°

    9 wet

  6. Jun

    77° / 46°

    7 wet

  7. Jul

    87° / 52°

    4 wet

  8. Aug

    86° / 51°

    5 wet

  9. Sep

    76° / 42°

    5 wet

  10. Oct

    61° / 32°

    6 wet

  11. Nov

    46° / 24°

    8 wet · 3 snow

  12. Dec

    34° / 17°

    11 wet · 6 snow

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Mccammon, ID, 8.1 mi away at 4,770 ft. The station sits about 700 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Garden Creek Gap is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in eastern Idaho, within the Pocatello Field Office. The nearest town is Pocatello, and the area's closest neighbor is the East Gully climbing area, just 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is alpine in style, with four routes in total. Three are alpine routes, ranging from 5.5 to 5.9, and one is the Aiguille route, an ice climb also graded 5.9. Alpine Simulator is the median route at 5.7+. For timing, the most comfortable stretch is June through September. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in McCammon run from highs around 77°F in June to 76°F in September, with July the warmest at about 87°F and the fewest wet days of the year. That station sits roughly 650 feet lower than the gap, so temperatures up high run cooler. Nearby options include Hawkins Reservoir Campground, about 4.4 miles away, and the Rattlesnake and Mormon Canyon hikes, both around 5 miles off. Paddlers can head to Marsh Creek, about 6.9 miles away.

Routes (4)