Boulders - Little Cottonwood
Boulders - Little Cottonwood in Utah has 30 climbing routes with 15 difficulty grades.
Photo: Derrellwilliams, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 30 routes
- V1 – V11
- Bouldering
Is Boulders - Little Cottonwood 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 Boulders - Little Cottonwood
Best months: June–September. 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
31° / 15°
14 wet
Feb
31° / 15°
13 wet
Mar
37° / 20°
13 wet
Apr
42° / 25°
12 wet
May
53° / 33°
10 wet
Jun
64° / 42°
7 wet
Jul
73° / 50°
7 wet
Aug
71° / 49°
9 wet
Sep
62° / 41°
9 wet
Oct
49° / 31°
9 wet
Nov
37° / 21°
11 wet
Dec
30° / 15°
14 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Alta, UT, 6.4 mi away at 8,710 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Boulders - Little Cottonwood is a bouldering area in the Lone Peak 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 all bouldering, with 30 routes spread across the boulders. Grades run from V1 to V11, with the median around V5. Some of the named routes include Bushwhack Slab (V1), Blind Spot Campus (V4-5), Blue Shift (V5), Naiad (V5+) and Tiny (V11). Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Alta weather station, at a similar elevation, show July highs around 73°F with lows near 50°F, while winter highs stay around 30°F. Bells Canyon, a mountain biking area, is less than a mile away, and Waterfall Wall and Industrial Wall, two other climbing areas, are each about 1.3 miles off. Tanners Flat Campground is roughly 2.9 miles away.
Routes (30)
Air Jordan Boulder(1)
Bush Boulder(3)
Creek Bridge Boulder(1)
Everything boulder(2)
Glen, The(2)
Grist Mill(1)
Highborn(2)
Jimbo's Boulders(1)
Moon Rock(4)
Red Letter Day Boulder Area(3)
Redheaded Ramblings Boulder(1)
Shadows(2)
Tanners Flat North(3)
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