Utah · Rock climbing · Cottonwood Heights

Bob's Rocking Chair

Bob's Rocking Chair in Utah has 6 routes across 5 grades, offering mixed and trad climbing.

6 routes
5.8 – 5.10a/b
Trad · Mixed

Is Bob's Rocking Chair 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 Bob's Rocking Chair

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, 0.4 mi away at 4,986 ft. The station sits about 600 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.

Bob's Rocking Chair is a climbing area in the Twin Peaks Wilderness, part of the Salt Lake Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. The Forest Service manages the land, and the area sits within designated wilderness. The climbing here is a cluster of six routes, four of which are traditional and two mixed, with grades ranging from 5.8 to 5.10a/b. The easiest is Blind Man's Glasses at 5.8, and the hardest is Squash Rocker at 5.10a/b. Jointed Venture and Allergic Reaction are both 5.9, and Neanderthal or Not at All is 5.10a. The Watchtower Main and The Watchtower climbing areas are each about 0.1 mile away, and the Ferguson Canyon mountain biking trail is about 0.2 mile off. For an overnight stay, Tanners Flat Campground is about 5 miles away.

Routes (6)

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