Wasatch Alpine Areas
Wasatch Alpine Areas in Utah has 16 routes with 10 difficulty grades.
Photo: Spgruss, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 16 routes
- 5.6 – 5.11+
- Alpine
Is Wasatch Alpine Areas 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 Wasatch Alpine Areas
Best months: June–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
31° / 15°
14 wet
Feb
31° / 15°
13 wet
Mar
37° / 20°
13 wet
Apr
42° / 25°
12 wet
May
53° / 33°
10 wet
Jun
64° / 42°
7 wet
Jul
73° / 50°
7 wet
Aug
71° / 49°
9 wet
Sep
62° / 41°
9 wet
Oct
49° / 31°
9 wet
Nov
37° / 21°
11 wet
Dec
30° / 15°
14 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Alta, UT, 4.4 mi away at 8,710 ft. The station sits about 1,100 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.
The Wasatch Alpine Areas are a climbing area in the Twin Peaks Wilderness, part of the Salt Lake Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. The Forest Service manages the land. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Alta, which sits about 1,000 feet lower than the wilderness, show July highs around 73°F with lows near 50°F, while winter highs stay around 30°F. Lake Lillian and Lake Florence are both about a mile away, and the Stairs Gulch Trail is roughly 1.4 miles off. For more climbing, Big Cottonwood Canyon is about 1.7 miles away.
Routes (16)
Arrowhead, The(1)
Broads Fork(1)
DeMoisy Peak(2)
Dromedary Peak(2)
Freedom Peak(2)
Monte Cristo(1)
Mt. Ogden(1)
Mt. Timpanogos(2)
Needles(1)
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