Tree Crack Area
Tree Crack Area in Utah has 18 routes spanning 12 grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad climbing.
- 18 routes
- 5.6 – 5.12d
- Sport · Trad · Mixed
Is Tree Crack Area 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 Tree Crack Area
Best months: May–June and August–September. 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
32° / 9°
12 wet
Feb
37° / 13°
11 wet
Mar
48° / 23°
11 wet
Apr
56° / 30°
11 wet
May
66° / 37°
11 wet
Jun
77° / 43°
6 wet
Jul
87° / 50°
5 wet
Aug
85° / 49°
5 wet
Sep
75° / 40°
7 wet
Oct
61° / 31°
8 wet
Nov
45° / 22°
9 wet
Dec
33° / 13°
12 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Pineview Dam, UT, 5.2 mi away at 4,940 ft. The station sits about 700 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.
Tree Crack Area is a climbing area in the Ogden Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among several other climbing spots, with Utahnics Wall and Spirit Walker Cave each about 0.1 mile away. The area has 18 routes, with 14 of them sport climbs and the rest trad and mixed. The YDS grades run from 5.6 up to 5.12d, with Tree Crack at 5.11a and Breakfast of Champions at 5.12d. South Ridge is a trad route at 5.6, and Rocketsauce is a sport route at 5.11c. For timing, summer is the warmest stretch. Typical averages from the Pineview Dam weather station, about 5 miles away, show July highs around 87°F with lows near 50°F, while winter highs stay near freezing. The station sits roughly 700 feet lower than the area, so temperatures here run cooler. The Bonneville Shoreline Trail and Taylor Canyon are both within a third of a mile. Maples Campground is about 3 miles away, and the Ogden River offers canoeing about 1.7 miles off.
Routes (18)
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