The Thumb Area
Thumb Area, The is a Utah climbing crag with 21 routes.
- 21 routes
- 5.5 – 5.12d
- Trad
Is Thumb Area, 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 Thumb 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
34° / 22°
Feb
40° / 24°
Mar
49° / 31°
Apr
56° / 35°
May
66° / 44°
Jun
78° / 52°
Jul
88° / 60°
Aug
86° / 58°
Sep
76° / 50°
Oct
60° / 39°
Nov
44° / 30°
Dec
33° / 22°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Timpanogos Cave, UT, 9.3 mi away at 5,740 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.
The Thumb Area is a climbing area in the Salt Lake Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. It sits within a cluster of climbing spots, with Plumb Line Gully and Westwind Buttress both about 0.1 mile away, and the Little Cottonwood Creek Trail about 0.3 mile off. The area draws on a range of traditional routes, with 21 in total, and most are trad. The YDS grades run from 5.5 to 5.12d, with the median around 5.10a/b. Robbins Crack, first climbed by Royal Robbins and Ted Wilson, is one of the named routes at 5.10, and Monkey Lip, at 5.12d, is the hardest. Summer is the warmest stretch for a climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Timpanogos Cave show July highs around 88°F with lows near 60°F, while September cools to highs around 76°F. Tanners Flat Campground is about 3 miles away, and Lake Lillian is about 3.7 miles away.
Routes (21)
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