Pentapitch Area
Pentapitch Area in Utah has 17 climbing routes across 12 grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad styles.
- 17 routes
- 5.6 – 5.11d
- Trad · Sport · Mixed
Is Pentapitch Area 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 Pentapitch Area
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, 8.7 mi away at 5,740 ft. The station sits about 700 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.
Pentapitch Area is a climbing area in Utah's Lone Peak Wilderness, within the Salt Lake Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. The Forest Service manages the land. The area sits close to the Coal Pit Buttress and Industrial Wall climbing areas, both about 0.1 mile away, and the Upper Lisa Falls Trail and Lisa Falls hike, about 0.6 mile off. The routes here range from trad climbing at about 5.6 to 5.11d, with a median of 5.10b. Pentapitch itself is one of the named routes, a trad climb at 5.8. Jackalope is a trad climb at 5.6, and Pearls Before Swine is a sport route at 5.10c. Pudgy Gumbies, a trad route at 5.11d, is among the harder options. For timing, the most comfortable months are typically June and September. Typical averages from the nearby Timpanogos Cave weather station show highs around 78°F in June and 76°F in September, while July highs reach about 88°F and winter highs sit in the low 30s. Tanners Flat Campground is about 2 miles away, and Lake Lillian is roughly 3.2 miles off.
Routes (17)
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