Wyoming · Rock climbing · Laramie

Muscle and Fitness

5-route climbing area in Wyoming with mixed and trad climbing across 4 grades.

Muscle and FitnessPhoto: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
5 routes
5.10+ – 5.11b
Trad · 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 Muscle and Fitness

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, 12.2 mi away at 7,390 ft. The station sits about 500 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.

Muscle and Fitness 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 climbing and hiking spots, with Reynolds Hill and Spelunk Spire just a few tenths of a mile away. The area's five routes run from about 5.10a to 5.11+, with four of them done on traditional gear and one, Galactus, on mixed. The hardest is the route that shares the area's name, Muscle and Fitness, a 5.11+ trad climb first ascended by Bob Scarpelli and Steve Roach in 1985. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Laramie put July highs around 81°F with lows near 52°F, while winter highs stay in the low to mid 30s. Vedauwoo Campground is about 1.7 miles away, and Devil's Playground Trail and Devil's Slide Trail are both within a mile.

Routes (5)

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