The Asteroid
Asteroid, Utah climbing area with 6 routes on 4 difficulty grades.
- 6 routes
- V2 – V8+
- Bouldering
Is Asteroid, 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 Asteroid
Best months: March–May 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
38° / 22°
10 wet
Feb
45° / 26°
9 wet
Mar
57° / 33°
10 wet
Apr
64° / 38°
10 wet
May
74° / 46°
9 wet
Jun
86° / 53°
5 wet
Jul
93° / 61°
4 wet
Aug
91° / 60°
5 wet
Sep
81° / 51°
6 wet
Oct
67° / 41°
7 wet
Nov
51° / 31°
8 wet
Dec
38° / 23°
10 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Spanish Fk Pwr House, UT, 10.3 mi away at 4,720 ft. The station sits about 900 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.
The Asteroid is a bouldering area on Forest Service land in Utah, within the Spanish Fork Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. It sits among a cluster of climbing, hiking and paddling destinations, with Drone Wall and Right Fork Hobble Creek both less than a mile away. The area is a bouldering-only spot, with six routes covering the V2 through V8+ range. The easiest are Eclipse and Lunar, both V2, and the hardest is Zero Gravity at V8+. The boulders were first climbed by climbers including Brian Koralewski and Kyram Adsit, and they make the most of the area's proximity to the trails and waterways around it. Spring and fall bring the mildest conditions. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show highs around 64°F in April and 67°F in October, with July highs near 93°F. That station sits several hundred feet lower than the area, so temperatures here run a little cooler. Nearby, Left Fork Days Canyon offers a hike about a mile off, and the Cherry campground is about 1.2 miles away. Paddlers can head to Right Fork Hobble Creek, and the Seclusion climbing area is roughly 1.7 miles from The Asteroid.
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