Tinker Toys
Tinker Toys in Utah has 8 mixed and sport climbing routes across 6 difficulty grades.
Photo: Ben P L from Provo, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 8 routes
- 5.6 – 5.11b
- Sport · Mixed
Is Tinker Toys 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 Tinker Toys
Best months: April–May 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
41° / 24°
10 wet · 6 snow
Feb
48° / 27°
9 wet · 4 snow
Mar
58° / 35°
9 wet · 3 snow
Apr
66° / 40°
10 wet · 1 snow
May
76° / 47°
9 wet
Jun
87° / 55°
6 wet
Jul
95° / 62°
5 wet
Aug
93° / 61°
6 wet
Sep
83° / 52°
6 wet
Oct
68° / 41°
7 wet · 1 snow
Nov
53° / 32°
8 wet · 3 snow
Dec
41° / 24°
9 wet · 5 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Provo Byu, UT, 2 mi away at 4,570 ft. The station sits about 900 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Tinker Toys is a climbing area in Utah's Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, within the Pleasant Grove Ranger District, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among several other climbing spots, with Green Monster Slab and The Meat Wall both about 0.1 mile away. The climbing here is sport and mixed, with the area's eight routes ranging from 5.6 to 5.11b. Tonka Truck and K'Nex are two of the named options, and Battleship is the hardest at 5.10b/c. Spring and fall are the most comfortable seasons. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Provo run from highs around 66°F in April to about 68°F in October, while July highs reach about 95°F. The station sits roughly 900 feet lower than the climbing area, so temperatures on the rocks run a little cooler. The Bonneville Shoreline Trail starts about 0.2 mile away, and Rock Canyon is about 0.3 mile off. For an overnight, Hope campground is about 2.7 miles away, and Mill Race, a canoeing spot, is about 4.1 miles away.
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