Ruth Lake Climbing Area
Photo: Glennfcowan, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 0.6 mi
- round trip
- 208 ft
- climb
- 10,545 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Is Ruth Lake Climbing Area open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Ruth Lake Climbing Area is a short, easy out-and-back hike in the Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. The trail is about 0.6 miles long, with a one-way elevation gain of 208 feet, and it starts and ends at roughly 10,311 feet, rising to about 10,545 feet at the high point. The route is on natural surface, and it is open year-round. Bikes and horses are both allowed, so it works for riders and pack animals as well as hikers. The climb sits right beside Ruth Lake, about 0.1 mile away, and the Chief Wall and Good Medicine Area climbing areas are each about 0.2 mile off. For a longer outing, the Lofty Lake Loop hike is about 0.8 mile away.
- Ruth LakeMountain biking0.1 mi
- Chief WallRock climbing0.2 mi
- Good Medicine AreaRock climbing0.2 mi
- Lofty Lake LoopHiking0.8 mi
- MoosehornCamping2.9 mi
- Fehr LakeLake fishing3.1 mi
- SulphurCamping3.8 mi
- Packard LakeLake fishing4.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
