Freezer Buttress
Freezer Buttress in Utah has 8 routes from <5 to 5.12a, offering sport and trad climbing.
- 8 routes
- 5.9 – 5.12c/d
- Sport · Trad
Is Freezer 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 Freezer 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
40° / 20°
12 wet
Feb
44° / 24°
11 wet
Mar
53° / 30°
11 wet
Apr
60° / 35°
12 wet
May
70° / 43°
11 wet
Jun
81° / 49°
7 wet
Jul
89° / 56°
5 wet
Aug
88° / 56°
6 wet
Sep
79° / 48°
8 wet
Oct
65° / 38°
9 wet
Nov
50° / 30°
10 wet
Dec
40° / 22°
12 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Mtn Dell Dam, UT, 3.5 mi away at 5,420 ft. The station sits about 1,000 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.
Freezer Buttress is a climbing area in Utah's Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, within the Salt Lake Ranger District. The closest named spot is Freeze Creek, a climbing area just 0.1 mile away. The routes here fall mostly in the sport style, with seven sport routes and one trad route. The grade range runs from 5.9 to 5.12c/d, with the median around 5.11a. Among the routes are Coyote On The Move at 5.9, Dark Victory at 5.11a and Freezing Fingers at 5.12c/d. Laminar Flow is the one trad route, at 5.11a. For timing, the most comfortable months tend to be late spring and early fall. Typical averages from the nearby Mtn Dell Dam weather station show May highs around 70°F and September highs around 79°F, while July and August average in the upper 80s. The Freeze Creek Trail and the Contour Trail both start within a third of a mile. Killyon Canyon Trail is about 1.7 miles away.
Routes (8)
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