Utah · Rock climbing · Dutch John

Who's Your Daddy?

The hardest climb catalogued at Flaming Gorge.

5.12a
grade
Sport Bolted
style

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This route represents the upper limit of difficulty among the 11 climbs catalogued at Flaming Gorge, located in the Father's Day Wall sector.

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Roadside Formation (Red Fleet State Park Area)Photo: Carpenter, Kenneth, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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East Battle Ship

~47 min drive

East Battle Ship is a Utah climbing crag with 6 routes across 6 grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad climbing.

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Central Battleship Formation

~48 min drive

Central Battleship Formation in Utah has 8 routes across 7 grades, offering sport and trad climbing.

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Scout Lake

~1h 3m drive

Scout Lake in Utah has 11 climbing routes with 6 difficulty grades, offering sport and trad climbing.

Wild MountainPhoto: MJPlante1, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Wild Mountain

~1h 23m drive

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Sheep Creek - Windy Ridge

~5 min drive

Sheep Creek - Windy Ridge in Utah has 3 sport climbing routes.

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Castle Lake

~1h 3m drive

6 climbing routes at Castle Lake in Utah, mixed and trad, 4 difficulty grades.

ShredderPhoto: Carpenter, Kenneth, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Shredder

~6 min drive

Shredder in Utah has 10 routes across 9 grades, offering sport and trad climbing.

Picturesque WallPhoto: John Sowell, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Picturesque Wall

~1h 3m drive

Picturesque Wall in Utah has 7 climbing routes with 6 difficulty grades.

Flaming Gorge

~22 min drive

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