Utah · Rock climbing · Salt Lake City

Arêtamania

Mid-upper difficulty route at Big Cottonwood Canyon's Forsaken Wall.

5.12a
grade
Sport Bolted
style

Is Arêtamania 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 Arêtamania

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, 2.6 mi away at 4,986 ft. The station sits about 1,200 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

One of 101 routes catalogued at Big Cottonwood Canyon, this climb sits in the middle-upper range of the crag's 5.5 to 5.13c span. Located at Forsaken Wall.

Photo of the crag

Big Cottonwood Canyon — the crag this route is on
Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: TerryDOtt, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

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