The Wild West
Wild West, The is a bouldering area in Utah with 8 routes and 6 difficulty grades.
- 8 routes
- V0 – V7
- Bouldering
Is Wild West, The 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 The Wild West
Best months: April–June 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.
Jan
34° / 22°
Feb
40° / 24°
Mar
49° / 31°
Apr
56° / 35°
May
66° / 44°
Jun
78° / 52°
Jul
88° / 60°
Aug
86° / 58°
Sep
76° / 50°
Oct
60° / 39°
Nov
44° / 30°
Dec
33° / 22°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Timpanogos Cave, UT, 9.1 mi away at 5,740 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
The Wild West is a bouldering area in the Salt Lake Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah, about 9 miles from the Timpanogos Cave weather station. It sits among several other climbing spots, with High Life Area and Cronin's Boulder each about 0.1 mile away. The area holds eight bouldering routes, all rated on the V scale from V0 to V7. The easiest are Hugging Trees and Junk Funk at V0, and the hardest is Deny a Binky at V7. Manual Jackhammer is a V4, and Doc Heinous runs V6-7. Summer is the warmest stretch. Typical averages from the nearby Timpanogos Cave station show July highs around 88°F with lows near 60°F, while September cools to highs in the mid-70s. Winter is cold, with January highs around 34°F and lows near 22°F. The Little Cottonwood Creek Trail starts about 0.3 mile away, and Tanners Flat Campground is about 2.6 miles off. Lake Lillian and Lake Florence, both about 3.5 miles away, offer fishing.
Routes (8)
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