The Speed Trap
Speed Trap is a Utah climbing area with 5 sport routes ranging from 5.10a to 5.12c.
Photo: TerryDOtt, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- 5 routes
- 5.10 – 5.12b/c
- Sport
Is Speed Trap, The 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 The Speed Trap
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, 1.5 mi away at 4,986 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
The Speed Trap is a sport climbing area in the Salt Lake Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with The Wave Wall and Beachball Crag each about 0.2 miles away. The climbing here is all sport, and the routes run from 5.10 up to 5.12b/c. The most notable is the route that shares the area's name, Speed Trap, a 5.12b sport climb first ascended by Steve Carruthers and Jim Howe in 1990. Other routes include Neon Leon at 5.10 and Mach 5 at 5.11d. 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 climb to about 91°F. The Granite Flume Trail and Bst Ferguson are both about 0.7 miles away for a walk. Lake Lillian and Lake Florence are roughly 3.4 miles off, and Tanners Flat Campground is about 4.6 miles away.
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