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City Rock Area

City Rock Area is a Utah climbing crag with 3 bouldering routes.

City Rock AreaPhoto: rodrigodemarque, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
3 routes
V0 – V2
Bouldering

Best time to visit City Rock 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, 2.6 mi away at 4,986 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

City Rock Area is a bouldering area in Utah, sitting about 0.2 miles from the community of Holladay Highlands Three. It is a compact cluster of boulders, with three climbing routes listed, all of them boulders graded V0 or V2 on the V scale. The closest neighbors are Old Pin Boulder and Offwidth Boulder, each about 0.1 miles away, and the Mount Olympus Trail, also about 0.1 miles off. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Cottonwood Weir show May highs around 71°F and October highs around 64°F, while July averages climb to about 91°F. The routes here are all boulders, and the grade range is V0 to V2. Two of them are named: Smooth Face at V0 and Trail Overhang (Arete Variation) at V2.

Routes (3)

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