Utah · Rock climbing · Sunnyside

Northeast Utah

Northeast Utah has 5 climbing routes with 5 difficulty grades, offering bouldering pads, sport, and trad.

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5 routes

5.8 – 5.10+

Trad · Sport · Bouldering

Best time to visit Northeast Utah

Best months: April–June and August–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
36° / 19°
5 wet
Feb
40° / 23°
5 wet
Mar
51° / 29°
5 wet
Apr
57° / 34°
5 wet
May
69° / 44°
5 wet
Jun
81° / 53°
4 wet
Jul
87° / 60°
5 wet
Aug
83° / 58°
7 wet
Sep
74° / 50°
6 wet
Oct
60° / 39°
5 wet
Nov
47° / 28°
4 wet
Dec
35° / 19°
4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Sunnyside City Ctr, UT, 18.4 mi away at 6,530 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Northeast Utah is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land within the Price Field Office, about 18 miles from the town of Sunnyside. The land is managed by the BLM, and the area is a compact cluster of routes that mix trad, sport and bouldering. The climbing here is a small but varied selection. Five routes are listed, with three trad routes and one sport and one bouldering route. The trad routes run from 5.8 to 5.10+, and the bouldering is rated V2-3. Among the named routes are Prickly's Castle at 5.8, Desolation Row at 5.9, and Shake Wait at 5.10+. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Sunnyside show May highs around 69°F and September highs around 74°F, with July peaking near 87°F. Nine Mile Creek, a canoeing spot, is about 3 miles away, and the Prickly Pear Trail hike is roughly 7 miles off.