Idaho · Rock climbing · Stanley

The towers at 202

11-route climbing area in Idaho with mixed, sport, and trad styles.

The towers at 202Photo: tinosa, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
11 routes
5.7 – 5.11c/d
Sport · Trad · Mixed

Is towers at 202, The open right now?

Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 4 alerts for Sawtooth National Forest.

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

Best time to visit The towers at 202

Best months: July–August. 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

    26° / -3°

  2. Feb

    33° / -1°

  3. Mar

    43° / 9°

  4. Apr

    50° / 18°

  5. May

    60° / 26°

  6. Jun

    69° / 31°

  7. Jul

    80° / 34°

  8. Aug

    79° / 32°

  9. Sep

    70° / 25°

  10. Oct

    56° / 19°

  11. Nov

    38° / 10°

  12. Dec

    25° / -2°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Stanley, ID, 10.2 mi away at 6,249 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

The Towers at 202 is a climbing area in Idaho's Sawtooth National Recreation Area, within the Sawtooth National Forest. The Forest Service manages the surrounding land. It sits among a cluster of climbing and camping spots in the high country, with Elk Creek Campground about a mile away and the Dam Buttress climbing area just 0.1 mile off. The area's climbing draws both sport and trad climbers, with 11 routes listed. Grades run from 5.7 up to 5.11c/d, and the styles include sport, trad and mixed. Aftershocks and Afterthoughts is the hardest route at 5.11c/d, and Rats in the belfry is the easiest at 5.7. Road kill, a sport route at 5.10+, and Bodie was a bad man, a sport route at 5.10b, round out the options. July is the warmest month, with typical highs around 80°F and lows near 34°F, according to averages from a nearby weather station in Stanley. Winters are cold, with January highs averaging about 26°F and lows around -3°F.

Routes (11)

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