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Pine Canyon Bouldering

Pine Canyon Bouldering in Utah has 5 bouldering routes across 4 difficulty grades.

Pine Canyon BoulderingPhoto: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
5 routes
V2 – V8-
Bouldering

Best time to visit Pine Canyon Bouldering

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.

  1. Jan

    40° / 10°

    5 wet · 2 snow

  2. Feb

    47° / 16°

    4 wet · 2 snow

  3. Mar

    58° / 25°

    4 wet · 1 snow

  4. Apr

    66° / 31°

    4 wet

  5. May

    75° / 40°

    5 wet

  6. Jun

    85° / 47°

    4 wet

  7. Jul

    91° / 54°

    5 wet

  8. Aug

    89° / 52°

    7 wet

  9. Sep

    81° / 43°

    6 wet

  10. Oct

    68° / 32°

    5 wet

  11. Nov

    53° / 20°

    4 wet · 1 snow

  12. Dec

    41° / 11°

    4 wet · 2 snow

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Castle Dale, UT, 20.3 mi away at 5,629 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Pine Canyon Bouldering is a bouldering area in Utah's Mexican Mountain Wilderness, on State Trust Lands Cedar Mountain Block, about 0.3 miles from the Pine Canyon climbing area. The State Land Board manages the land, and the area sits within wilderness boundaries, which makes it a natural base for a day of bouldering in this remote part of the state. The climbing here is all bouldering, with five routes that run from the V2 grade up to V8. Kiddie Rails is the easiest, and Karate Ryan and The Arkenstone are the hardest. The routes are clustered close together, so the area works well for a focused session on a single boulder or a series of problems. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from the Castle Dale weather station, about 20 miles away, show May highs around 75°F and September highs around 81°F, while July averages a high of 91°F. Winter brings highs in the low 40s and lows near 10°F. Nearby, Pine Canyon and Private Pizza Wall are both within a mile, and Vertical Smile Wall is about 1.3 miles away. For an overnight stay, San Rafael Swinging Bridge Campground is roughly 2 miles off.

Routes (5)

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