Margaritaville
Margaritaville in Utah has 5 climbing routes across 5 grades, featuring sport and trad styles.
Photo: Hermann Luyken, CC0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 5 routes
- 5.9 – 5.12+
- Sport · Trad
Is Margaritaville 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 Margaritaville
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
32° / 18°
10 wet
Feb
37° / 21°
10 wet
Mar
48° / 30°
10 wet
Apr
57° / 36°
10 wet
May
67° / 44°
11 wet
Jun
78° / 52°
6 wet
Jul
88° / 60°
4 wet
Aug
87° / 59°
5 wet
Sep
76° / 50°
6 wet
Oct
61° / 39°
8 wet
Nov
45° / 28°
8 wet
Dec
34° / 19°
10 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Logan Utah St Univ, UT, 9 mi away at 4,790 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.
Margaritaville is a climbing area in the Logan Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in northern Utah, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Hobbit Caves just 0.1 mile away and Right Hand Fork 0.3 mile off, making it easy to pair with other routes in the area. The climbing here is sport and trad, with five routes in total. The grades run from 5.9 up to 5.12+, and the hardest is Gravity Storm. Fins is the only trad route, and the rest are sport. Jim Sherner is the first ascent listed for all of them. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Logan show May highs around 67°F and September highs around 76°F, while July and August average in the upper 80s. Lodge Campground and Wood Camp Campground are both within about a mile, and the Logan River offers paddling roughly 3.6 miles away.
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