Utah · Rock climbing · Salt Lake City

Static Wall

Static Wall in Utah has 5 climbing routes ranging across 5 difficulty grades.

Static WallPhoto: Curtis Abert, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
5 routes
5.8 – 5.13c/d
Sport · Trad

Is Static Wall 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 Static Wall

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, 2.1 mi away at 4,986 ft. The station sits about 1,000 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.

Static Wall 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 sport and trad, with five routes in total. The easiest is The Leisure Route, a trad climb at 5.8, and the hardest is Crown Jewel, a sport route at 5.13c/d. All Static and No Dynamic and Spinning in the Drain are sport routes at 5.11d and 5.13a. Transformer is a sport route at 5.8+. The most comfortable months for a visit are typically May and September, when typical averages from a nearby weather station run from highs around 71°F to 79°F. July is the hottest, with typical highs near 91°F, and winter highs sit around 38°F. Psychobabble Wall and Bumble Bee Wall are both about 0.1 mile away, and Mule Hollow is about 0.2 mile off. Lake Florence is about 3 miles away.

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