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Blooming Rose

Blooming Rose in Wyoming has 15 routes across 10 difficulty grades, offering bouldering and sport climbing.

15 routes
5.7 – 5.13d
Sport · Bouldering

Is Blooming Rose open right now?

Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists an alert for Shoshone National Forest.

As of · Source: USFS · Shoshone National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Best time to visit Blooming Rose

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.

  1. Jan

    30° / 1°

  2. Feb

    31° / 7°

  3. Mar

    38° / 13°

  4. Apr

    46° / 21°

  5. May

    57° / 29°

  6. Jun

    69° / 37°

  7. Jul

    78° / 43°

  8. Aug

    76° / 42°

  9. Sep

    67° / 33°

  10. Oct

    52° / 23°

  11. Nov

    37° / 12°

  12. Dec

    29° / 5°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Atlantic City, WY, 5.1 mi away at 7,821 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.

Blooming Rose is a climbing area in the Washakie Ranger District of Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among several other climbing areas, with Claim Jumper and Pronghorn Pinnacle each about 0.1 mile away, and Saddle Tramp at the same distance. The OK Corral Trail and Zorro Wall Trail are both about 0.2 mile off, so the area works well for combining climbing with a short hike. The climbing here is mostly sport, with 14 sport routes and one boulder problem. Grades run from 5.7 up to 5.13d, with the median around 5.10d. Among the named routes are Medicine Show (1st pitch) at 5.7, Brown Dirt Cowgirl at 5.10a, and White Buffalo, a boulder problem at 5.13d. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Atlantic City weather station, which sits about 1,100 feet lower, show July highs near 78°F and lows around 43°F. Winters are severe, with January highs around 30°F and lows near 1°F. For an overnight stay, Aspen Glade campground is about 2.1 miles away and Big Atlantic Gulch Campground about 3.6 miles away.