Utah · Rock climbing · Dugway

Cool Aid Gully

Cool Aid Gully in Utah has 5 sport climbing routes ranging across 5 difficulty grades.

5 routes
5.7 – 5.10a
Sport

Best time to visit Cool Aid Gully

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

    39° / 19°

    9 wet

  2. Feb

    43° / 22°

    8 wet

  3. Mar

    52° / 29°

    9 wet

  4. Apr

    58° / 34°

    9 wet

  5. May

    70° / 42°

    9 wet

  6. Jun

    82° / 51°

    6 wet

  7. Jul

    91° / 59°

    6 wet

  8. Aug

    88° / 58°

    6 wet

  9. Sep

    77° / 49°

    6 wet

  10. Oct

    62° / 38°

    7 wet

  11. Nov

    48° / 27°

    7 wet

  12. Dec

    38° / 19°

    8 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Johnson Pass, UT, 15.4 mi away at 5,580 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Cool Aid Gully is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in Utah, within the Salt Lake Field Office. It sits among a cluster of other climbing spots, with Lunar Wall about 0.1 mile away and Three Dame Crack Area about 0.2 mile away, so it works well as one stop in a day of exploring the surrounding crags. The area has five sport routes, all rated between 5.7 and 5.10a. St. Franzis is the easiest at 5.7, and Barbarian Horde is the hardest at 5.10a. The routes were first ascended by climbers including Matt Merton and Brian Loth, and Maximus was climbed by them in 2001. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from the nearby Johnson Pass weather station show May highs around 70°F and September highs around 77°F, while July averages about 91°F.

Routes (5)

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