Utah · Rock climbing · Alpine

Vandals Took The Handle

The hardest climb catalogued at Hyperform Wall; alpine, no fixed protection.

5.11a
grade
Alpine No Fixed
style

Is Vandals Took The Handle 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.

This route represents the upper end of the grade range at Hyperform Wall, where eight climbs have been catalogued across the 5.8 to 5.11a spectrum. An alpine line with no fixed protection.

Photo of the crag

Hyperform Wall — the crag this route is on
Hyperform Wall, Utah — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Derrellwilliams, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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