Altered States Gully
Altered States Gully in Utah has 27 climbing routes across 12 grades, offering sport and trad styles.
- 27 routes
- 5.7+ – 5.12a
- Trad · Sport
Is Altered States Gully 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 Altered States Gully
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, 9.3 mi away at 5,740 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Altered States Gully is a climbing area in the Salt Lake Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah, about 0.1 mile from the Lizard Head and Westwind Buttress climbing areas. It sits among a cluster of climbing and hiking destinations, with the Little Cottonwood Creek Trail about 0.3 mile away and Tanners Flat Campground roughly 3 miles off. The area has 27 routes, mostly trad with two sport options. The YDS grades run from 5.7+ up to 5.12, with the median around 5.10a. Among the named routes are Clutching at Straws at 5.7+, Del Tongo at 5.9 and Betty's In 3D at 5.12. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Timpanogos Cave show May highs around 66°F and September highs around 76°F, while July averages climb to 88°F.
Routes (27)
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