5 Mile Boulders
5 Mile Boulders in Utah has 27 bouldering routes.
- 27 routes
- V0 – V11
- Bouldering
Is 5 Mile Boulders 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.
Best time to visit 5 Mile Boulders
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.
Jan
34° / 22°
Feb
40° / 24°
Mar
49° / 31°
Apr
56° / 35°
May
66° / 44°
Jun
78° / 52°
Jul
88° / 60°
Aug
86° / 58°
Sep
76° / 50°
Oct
60° / 39°
Nov
44° / 30°
Dec
33° / 22°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Timpanogos Cave, UT, 9.2 mi away at 5,740 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
5 Mile Boulders is a climbing area in the Salt Lake Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. It sits about a tenth of a mile from Syringe Boulder and the Golden Boulders, and the Little Cottonwood Creek Trail passes within the same short distance. For comfortable weather, late spring and early fall are the sweet spots. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Timpanogos Cave show May highs around 66°F and September highs around 76°F, with July peaking near 88°F. Tanners Flat Campground is about 2.9 miles away, and Lake Lillian and Lake Florence are both within about 4 miles. Albion Basin is roughly 7.6 miles off.
Routes (27)
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