Gate Boulders
Gate Boulders in Utah has 13 routes across 11 grades, featuring bouldering pads and sport climbing.
- 13 routes
- V0-1 – V13
- Bouldering · Sport
Is Gate Boulders 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 Gate Boulders
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, 9.1 mi away at 5,740 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Gate Boulders is a climbing area in the Salt Lake Ranger District of Utah's Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, about a mile from the Little Cottonwood Creek Trail and the Gate Boulder and Everybody's Boulder climbing areas. It sits in a cluster of boulders and sport routes that make an easy base for a short outing in the forest. The climbing here is a mix of bouldering and sport routes, with 10 boulder problems and three sport routes among the 13 listed. Boulder grades run from V0-1 up to V13, with The Flake at the low end and Spinal Twist at the high end. Sport routes fall in the 5.5 to 5.10 range. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable, with typical averages from a nearby weather station at Timpanogos Cave running to highs of about 66°F in May and 76°F in September. That station sits about 120 feet below the boulders, so temperatures on the rock may run slightly cooler. Nearby, Tanners Flat Campground is about 2.8 miles away, and Lake Lillian is about 3.6 miles off. Albion Basin offers camping at about 7.5 miles.
Routes (13)
Banjo Boulder(2)
Heaven's Gate Area(2)
Mammoth Boulder(2)
Tower Boulder(1)
Triangle Boulder(1)
University Slabs(1)
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