Utah · Rock climbing · Salt Lake City

The Aqueduct Area

Aqueduct Area, The in Utah has 16 climbing routes with mixed, sport, and trad styles.

The Aqueduct AreaPhoto: Leijurv, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
16 routes
5.6 – 5.11b
Trad · Sport · Mixed

Is Aqueduct Area, The 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 The Aqueduct Area

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

    38° / 23°

    9 wet

  2. Feb

    44° / 27°

    8 wet

  3. Mar

    54° / 34°

    9 wet

  4. Apr

    61° / 39°

    10 wet

  5. May

    71° / 48°

    9 wet

  6. Jun

    82° / 57°

    5 wet

  7. Jul

    91° / 67°

    3 wet

  8. Aug

    89° / 66°

    5 wet

  9. Sep

    79° / 56°

    6 wet

  10. Oct

    64° / 43°

    7 wet

  11. Nov

    49° / 32°

    8 wet

  12. Dec

    38° / 23°

    9 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Cottonwood Weir, UT, 0.8 mi away at 4,986 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

The Aqueduct Area is a climbing area in the Salt Lake Ranger District of Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among several other climbing and hiking destinations, including the Art Major Wall and Dogwood Crag, and is close to the Granite Flume Trail and Bst Ferguson hikes. The area offers a mix of trad and sport climbing, with 16 routes in total. Ten are trad, five are sport and one is mixed, and the grade range runs from 5.6 to 5.11b, with the median around 5.10b/c. Chris' Crack is a trad route at 5.6, and Sockdollager is a trad route at 5.9. Among the sport routes, Submachine is at 5.11a and Whitewashed at 5.11b. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Cottonwood Weir weather station, at a similar elevation, show May highs around 71°F and September highs around 79°F, with July and August averaging in the low to mid 90s. Lake Lillian and Lake Florence, both about 4 miles away, offer fishing, and Tanners Flat Campground is about 5 miles off.

Routes (16)

Dredging the TrenchFA: Gumby Brothers - Summer 20095.10Poison IdeaFA: Greg Martinez 10/055.10aStraight TalkFA: Stuart Ruckman, Libby Ellis 19895.10aBurning BitsFA: Greg Martinez 2000?5.10b/cAquaduckFA: Merrill Bitter, et. al.19845.10dStraight FaceFA: Nathan Fisher 20045.10dFree LemmingwinksFA: Tyler Phillips & Jon Star 10/065.11aSubmachineFA: Greg Martinez 2000?5.11aSubterrainian5.11aTerra NovaFA: Bret, Stuart Ruckman, and Gary Olsen 19855.11bWhitewashed5.11bChris' CrackFA: Nathan Fisher, Chris Pearson 20045.6Chinese Water TortureFA: Nathan Fisher, Chris Pearson 20045.8Lip ServiceFA: Libby Ellis, Stuart Ruckman 19895.9SockdollagerFA: Stuart Ruckman, Libby Ellis 19895.9Double StandardFA: Stuart Ruckman, Libby Ellis 19895.9+

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