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Secret Garden

Secret Garden in Utah has 11 bouldering routes across 9 difficulty grades.

11 routes
V3 – V10
Bouldering

Is Secret Garden 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 Secret Garden

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

    38° / 23°

    9 wet

  2. Feb

    44° / 27°

    8 wet

  3. Mar

    54° / 34°

    9 wet

  4. Apr

    61° / 39°

    10 wet

  5. May

    71° / 48°

    9 wet

  6. Jun

    82° / 57°

    5 wet

  7. Jul

    91° / 67°

    3 wet

  8. Aug

    89° / 66°

    5 wet

  9. Sep

    79° / 56°

    6 wet

  10. Oct

    64° / 43°

    7 wet

  11. Nov

    49° / 32°

    8 wet

  12. Dec

    38° / 23°

    9 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Cottonwood Weir, UT, 3.2 mi away at 4,986 ft. The station sits about 600 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.

Secret Garden is a bouldering area in Utah's Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, within the Salt Lake Ranger District. The Forest Service manages the land. The climbing here is all bouldering, with 11 routes spread across the site. The grades run from V3 up to V10, with the median around V5+. Some of the named routes include Lordy at V3, Bored Stiff at V5, and Morbidly Obese Grips at V10. The most comfortable months for a visit are typically May and September, when typical highs are around 71°F and 79°F. July is the hottest month, with typical highs near 91°F, and the Cottonwood Weir weather station, about 3 miles away, sits a few hundred feet lower than the area, so temperatures on the boulders may run cooler. Several other spots sit about 0.1 mile away, including Tiger Stripe Boulder, The Block and Alpenbock Loop. Tanners Flat Campground is about 4 miles off.

Routes (11)

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