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Ship Wreck

Ship Wreck in Utah has 5 bouldering routes at 3 distinct difficulty grades.

Ship WreckPhoto: RuggyBearLA, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
5 routes
V0 – V2
Bouldering

Best time to visit Ship Wreck

Best months: May–June and September. 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

    36° / 8°

    4 wet

  2. Feb

    44° / 14°

    4 wet

  3. Mar

    56° / 23°

    4 wet

  4. Apr

    65° / 29°

    5 wet

  5. May

    75° / 37°

    5 wet

  6. Jun

    85° / 44°

    4 wet

  7. Jul

    91° / 52°

    5 wet

  8. Aug

    88° / 50°

    7 wet

  9. Sep

    80° / 41°

    6 wet

  10. Oct

    65° / 30°

    4 wet

  11. Nov

    49° / 17°

    3 wet

  12. Dec

    37° / 10°

    4 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Wellington 3 E, UT, 14.7 mi away at 5,400 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Ship Wreck is a bouldering area on Bureau of Land Management land in Utah's Price Field Office, about 14 miles from the town of Wellington. It sits among a cluster of other bouldering spots, with Hammerhead Boulder, Sector Boulder Area and Land of a Thousand Boulders all about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is all bouldering, with five routes ranging from V0 to V2. The Ship Wreck route is one of them, and Gotta Go and Skinned Shin are also V2. The grades are typical for the area, and the routes are all backcountry ascents. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 75°F and October highs around 65°F, while July averages about 91°F and January highs sit near 36°F.

Routes (5)

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