PA's Mother
PA's Mother in Utah has 18 climbing routes across 14 grades in mixed, sport, and trad styles.
Photo: photophat, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 18 routes
- 5.3 – 5.12a
- Sport · Trad · Mixed
Is PA's Mother 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 PA's Mother
Best months: April–May 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
41° / 24°
10 wet · 6 snow
Feb
48° / 27°
9 wet · 4 snow
Mar
58° / 35°
9 wet · 3 snow
Apr
66° / 40°
10 wet · 1 snow
May
76° / 47°
9 wet
Jun
87° / 55°
6 wet
Jul
95° / 62°
5 wet
Aug
93° / 61°
6 wet
Sep
83° / 52°
6 wet
Oct
68° / 41°
7 wet · 1 snow
Nov
53° / 32°
8 wet · 3 snow
Dec
41° / 24°
9 wet · 5 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Provo Byu, UT, 2.1 mi away at 4,570 ft. The station sits about 900 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
PA's Mother is a climbing area in Utah's Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, within the Pleasant Grove Ranger District. The Forest Service manages the land, and the area sits among several other climbing spots, with The Projects and The Appendage both about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is a mix of sport and trad routes, with 10 sport routes and 6 trad routes among the 18 listed. Grades run from 5.3 up to 5.12a, and the hardest route is Mother of Invention, a sport climb at 5.12a. Throulin's Chimney, a trad route at 5.3, and Hobnail Arete, a mixed route at 5.6, are two of the easier options. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Provo show May highs around 76°F and September highs around 83°F, while July and August average in the low 90s. The Bonneville Shoreline Trail passes about 0.3 mile away, and the East 2300 North hike is about 0.5 mile off. Hope campground is about 2.7 miles away, and Mill Race, a paddling spot, is about 4.2 miles away.
Routes (18)
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