Wyoming · Rock climbing · Laramie

Coke Bottle

Coke Bottle in Wyoming has 15 routes across 9 grades, offering mixed, sport, and trad climbing.

Coke BottlePhoto: pgzdbxte93, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
15 routes
5.7+ – 5.13c
Trad · Sport · Mixed

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Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 3 alerts for Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest.

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

Best time to visit Coke Bottle

Best months: May–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

    33° / 12°

    7 wet

  2. Feb

    35° / 15°

    7 wet

  3. Mar

    44° / 21°

    8 wet

  4. Apr

    51° / 28°

    11 wet

  5. May

    60° / 36°

    12 wet

  6. Jun

    73° / 46°

    10 wet

  7. Jul

    81° / 52°

    11 wet

  8. Aug

    79° / 49°

    10 wet

  9. Sep

    72° / 43°

    8 wet

  10. Oct

    56° / 31°

    8 wet

  11. Nov

    43° / 23°

    7 wet

  12. Dec

    34° / 14°

    7 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Laramie 4se, WY, 11.8 mi away at 7,390 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.

Coke Bottle is a climbing area in the Laramie Ranger District of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest in Wyoming, managed by the Forest Service. It sits among a cluster of other climbing spots and trails, with Fall Wall, Walt's Wall and Hassler's Hatbox all about 0.1 mile away, and Vedauwoo Glen about the same distance. The climbing here is a mix of trad and sport routes, with 10 trad routes and 4 sport routes among the 15 listed. The YDS grades run from 5.7+ up to 5.13c, with the hardest route, Young Guns, a sport climb at 5.13c. Mainstreet, a trad route at 5.10a, was first climbed by Mark Hesse in 1972, and Horn's Mother, a trad route at 5.11a, was first climbed by D. McClure and M. Hesse in 1973. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Laramie show July highs around 81°F with lows near 52°F, while winter highs stay in the low to mid 30s. That station sits about 900 feet lower than Coke Bottle, so temperatures at the climbing area run cooler.

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