Cooks Mesa
Cooks Mesa in Utah has 3 traditional climbing routes across 3 difficulty grades.
Photo: runt35, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 3 routes
- 5.10+ – 5.10-
- Trad
Is Cooks Mesa open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists an alert for Fishlake National Forest.
TERMINATION OF STAGE 1 FIRE RESTRICTION ORDER
Agency alert covering Fishlake National Forest · Order 0408-26-10 · USFS · Fishlake National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Fishlake National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit Cooks Mesa
Best months: April–June and August–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°
5 wet
Feb
43° / 26°
5 wet
Mar
53° / 32°
5 wet
Apr
60° / 38°
4 wet
May
70° / 46°
5 wet
Jun
82° / 56°
4 wet
Jul
87° / 62°
8 wet
Aug
85° / 60°
8 wet
Sep
76° / 53°
5 wet
Oct
62° / 41°
3 wet
Nov
48° / 29°
3 wet
Dec
37° / 21°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Torrey 7 E, UT, 4.9 mi away at 6,204 ft. The station sits about 1,300 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.
Cooks Mesa is a climbing area in the Fremont River Ranger District of Fishlake National Forest in Utah, managed by the Forest Service. It sits about 0.3 miles from the Cooks Mesa Trail, which makes it an easy pairing for a day on foot and rock. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Torrey show May highs around 70°F and October highs around 62°F, while July averages climb to about 87°F and winter highs sit in the upper 30s. White Harlem Wall, another climbing area, is about 0.6 miles away. Upper Spring Canyon and Hell's Hole Trail are both within about 4 miles, and the Fremont River offers paddling roughly 5 miles off.
Routes (3)
Borderlands, The(1)
Observatory, The(2)
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