Utah · Rock climbing · Salt Lake City

Reservoir Ridge

Reservoir Ridge in Utah has 9 climbing routes across 4 grades in mixed, sport, and trad styles.

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9 routes

5.4 – 5.7

Sport · Trad · Mixed

Is Reservoir Ridge open right now?

No closures listed

The Forest Service lists no closures for Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

As of Oct 24, 9:05 pm MDT · Source: USFS · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Reservoir Ridge

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
38° / 23°
9 wet
Feb
44° / 27°
8 wet
Mar
54° / 34°
9 wet
Apr
61° / 39°
10 wet
May
71° / 48°
9 wet
Jun
82° / 57°
5 wet
Jul
91° / 67°
3 wet
Aug
89° / 66°
5 wet
Sep
79° / 56°
6 wet
Oct
64° / 43°
7 wet
Nov
49° / 32°
8 wet
Dec
38° / 23°
9 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Cottonwood Weir, UT, 2.1 mi away at 4,986 ft. The station sits about 900 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.

Reservoir Ridge is a climbing area in the Mount Olympus Wilderness, part of the Salt Lake Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. The Forest Service manages the land, and the area sits within designated wilderness. The climbing here is a mix of sport and trad routes, with the Reservoir Ridge route itself a trad climb rated 5.4. Sport routes run from 5.5 to 5.7, including War Clamor and Iraq in the Back Attack, both first ascents by James Garrett. The area is compact, with Damned Wall and Static Wall both about 0.1 mile away, and the Mule Hollow hike also within a tenth of a mile. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Cottonwood Weir show May highs around 71°F and September highs around 79°F, while July averages a high of 91°F. That station sits about 865 feet lower than the ridge, so temperatures on the ridge run cooler. Lake Florence and Lake Lillian are both about 2.9 miles away, and Tanners Flat Campground is about 4.4 miles off.