East Gate Buttress
East Gate Buttress in Utah has 46 climbing routes across 30 difficulty grades.
- 46 routes
- 5.7 – 5.13c
- Trad · Bouldering · Sport
Is East Gate Buttress 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 East Gate Buttress
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.
Jan
34° / 22°
Feb
40° / 24°
Mar
49° / 31°
Apr
56° / 35°
May
66° / 44°
Jun
78° / 52°
Jul
88° / 60°
Aug
86° / 58°
Sep
76° / 50°
Oct
60° / 39°
Nov
44° / 30°
Dec
33° / 22°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Timpanogos Cave, UT, 9.2 mi away at 5,740 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.
East Gate Buttress is a climbing area in Utah's Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, within the Salt Lake Ranger District. It sits among several other climbing spots, with The Gem Stone and the Dihedrals Area each about 0.1 mile away. The closest trail is the Little Cottonwood Creek Trail, roughly 0.3 mile off, and Tanners Flat Campground is about 2.7 miles away. The area offers a range of climbing styles, with 27 trad routes, 12 boulder problems and six sport routes among its 46 routes. Trad routes run from 5.7 up to 5.13c, and bouldering goes from V0 to V7. Cabeza de Pollo is a 5.10a trad route, and The Super Ramp is a 5.13c sport route. Summer is the warmest time to climb here. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Timpanogos Cave show July highs around 88°F with lows near 60°F. Winter is much colder, with January highs in the mid-30s.
Routes (46)
Anonymous Arete Boulder, The(2)
Coffee Girl Boulder(4)
Hidden Arete Boulder(2)
M&M Roof(1)
Potty Mouth Boulder(1)
Red Patina Boulder(1)
Up the Hill(1)
Other routes(34)
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