Lots of Balls Slab
Lots of Balls Slab is a Utah climbing area with 5 trad routes.
- 5 routes
- 5.6 – 5.8
- Trad
Is Lots of Balls Slab 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 Lots of Balls Slab
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, 9.5 mi away at 5,740 ft. The station sits about 500 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.
Lots of Balls Slab is a rock climbing area in the Salt Lake Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Dragon Arch about 0.1 mile away and The Egg about 0.2 mile away, and it pairs easily with the Alpenbock Loop hike, about 0.3 mile off. The area has five trad routes, all rated between 5.6 and 5.8 on the YDS scale. Patient Pace is the easiest at 5.6, and Amazing Grace and Autumn Sauna are both 5.8. Tony Calderone first climbed Patient Pace in 2007, and Autumn Sauna was climbed before 2008. Summer is the warmest stretch for a visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Timpanogos Cave show July highs around 88°F with lows near 60°F, while September cools to highs around 76°F. That station sits about 500 feet lower than the slab, so temperatures on the rock run a little cooler. Tanners Flat Campground is about 3.4 miles away, and Lake Lillian is about 4.1 miles away.
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