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Viewfinder Towers

Viewfinder Towers in Utah has 13 climbing routes across 7 grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad styles.

Viewfinder TowersPhoto: Kent G. Budge, CC0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
13 routes
5.5 – 5.11a
Trad · Mixed · Sport

Best time to visit Viewfinder Towers

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.

  1. Jan

    41° / 17°

  2. Feb

    47° / 23°

  3. Mar

    59° / 30°

  4. Apr

    66° / 37°

  5. May

    76° / 47°

  6. Jun

    89° / 55°

  7. Jul

    95° / 63°

  8. Aug

    92° / 61°

  9. Sep

    84° / 50°

  10. Oct

    68° / 39°

  11. Nov

    53° / 26°

  12. Dec

    41° / 18°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Goblin Valley Sp, UT, 20.4 mi away at 4,960 ft. The station sits about 500 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Viewfinder Towers is a climbing area on Bureau of Land Management land in the Price Field Office of Utah. It sits within the BLM's Price Field Office, about 20 miles from Goblin Valley State Park, which is the nearest town. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Goblin Valley State Park show May highs around 76°F and October highs around 68°F, while July averages about 95°F and January highs sit near 41°F. Family Butte, another climbing area, is just 0.1 mile away. The Zero G Approach Trail is about 2 miles off, and the R Crags (Two Finger Canyon) and O Crags (Three Finger Canyon) climbing areas lie within about 4 miles.

Routes (13)

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