Three Dame Crack Area
Three Dame Crack Area in Utah has 13 climbing routes across 8 grades.
- 13 routes
- 5.6 – 5.12a
- Sport · Trad
Best time to visit Three Dame Crack Area
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
39° / 19°
9 wet
Feb
43° / 22°
8 wet
Mar
52° / 29°
9 wet
Apr
58° / 34°
9 wet
May
70° / 42°
9 wet
Jun
82° / 51°
6 wet
Jul
91° / 59°
6 wet
Aug
88° / 58°
6 wet
Sep
77° / 49°
6 wet
Oct
62° / 38°
7 wet
Nov
48° / 27°
7 wet
Dec
38° / 19°
8 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Johnson Pass, UT, 15.4 mi away at 5,580 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Three Dame Crack Area is a climbing area in Utah on Bureau of Land Management land within the Salt Lake Field Office. It sits among a cluster of other climbing spots, with White Rocks, Cool Aid Gully and Lunar Wall each about 0.2 miles away. The area has 13 routes, 10 of them sport and 3 trad, with grades ranging from 5.6 to 5.12a. The hardest routes are the 5.12a Unknown 2nd Tier Center and Unknown 2nd Tier R. Among the sport routes, Feels Like Africa is 5.10a/b, and White Eye is 5.8. The trad route Dumpster Diver is 5.6, with a first ascent by James Garrett and Michael Layton in 2009. For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from the Johnson Pass weather station, about 15 miles away, show May highs near 70°F and September highs near 77°F, while July averages around 91°F.
Routes (13)
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