White Harlem Wall
White Harlem Wall in Utah has 6 climbing routes with sport and trad options.
Photo: snikrap, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 6 routes
- 5.8 – 5.11a
- Trad · Sport
Is White Harlem Wall open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists an alert for Fishlake National Forest.
TERMINATION OF STAGE 1 FIRE RESTRICTION ORDER
Agency alert covering Fishlake National Forest · Order 0408-26-10 · USFS · Fishlake National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Fishlake National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit White Harlem Wall
Best months: April–June and August–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
38° / 22°
5 wet
Feb
43° / 26°
5 wet
Mar
53° / 32°
5 wet
Apr
60° / 38°
4 wet
May
70° / 46°
5 wet
Jun
82° / 56°
4 wet
Jul
87° / 62°
8 wet
Aug
85° / 60°
8 wet
Sep
76° / 53°
5 wet
Oct
62° / 41°
3 wet
Nov
48° / 29°
3 wet
Dec
37° / 21°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Torrey 7 E, UT, 4.4 mi away at 6,204 ft. The station sits about 900 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.
White Harlem Wall is a climbing area in Utah's Fishlake National Forest, within the Fremont River Ranger District. The Forest Service manages the land. The wall sits close to the town of Torrey, and its routes offer a range of trad and sport climbing with grades from 5.8 up to 5.11a. Six routes make up the area, and five of them are traditional. The sport route, Token Sport Climb, is the hardest at 5.11a. Among the trad climbs, Whipits is 5.8 and Fist Action is 5.10a. The Torrey weather station, about 4.4 miles away and roughly 900 feet lower, records typical averages that point to late spring and early fall as the most comfortable seasons. May highs run around 70°F with lows near 46°F, and September averages about 76°F by day and 53°F at night. Cooks Mesa, another climbing area, is less than a mile away, and the Cooks Mesa Trail is about 0.9 miles off. Upper Spring Canyon and Fremont River Cua Dispersed, a dispersed camping area, are within about 2.3 miles.
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