Twilight Buttress
Twilight Buttress in Utah has 7 mixed climbing routes graded from 5.10a to 5.12d.
- 7 routes
- 5.8 – 5.13
- Trad · Sport · Mixed
Is Twilight Buttress 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 Twilight Buttress
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, 8 mi away at 5,740 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Twilight Buttress is a climbing area in Utah's Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, within the Salt Lake Ranger District. The Forest Service manages the land, and the area sits among a cluster of trails and climbing spots in the Wasatch foothills. The climbing here runs from about 5.8 to 5.13 on the YDS scale, with a mix of trad, sport and mixed routes. Seven routes are listed, including Cosmic Thing (5.8 trad) and Sunset Arete (5.10b sport), and the hardest is Free Me (5.13 trad). The area also has a few mixed routes, such as Pitch Black (5.11a/b). For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Timpanogos Cave show May highs around 66°F and September highs around 76°F, while July averages climb to about 88°F. The Sawmill Trail starts just 0.4 miles away, and the Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rocky Mouth Canyon Section is about half a mile off. Big Willow Canyon, another climbing area, is 0.7 miles away, and Mountain Shadows RV Park offers camping about 4.9 miles out.
Routes (7)
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