Wyoming · Rock climbing · Green River

Snaggletooth

Snaggletooth in Wyoming has 12 climbing routes across 9 grades, offering sport and trad options.

12 routes
5.7 – 5.12b
Sport · Trad

Is Snaggletooth open right now?

Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 3 alerts for Ashley National Forest.

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

Best time to visit Snaggletooth

Best months: May–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.

  1. Jan

    36° / 12°

  2. Feb

    39° / 15°

  3. Mar

    49° / 24°

  4. Apr

    55° / 30°

  5. May

    65° / 39°

  6. Jun

    76° / 46°

  7. Jul

    83° / 54°

  8. Aug

    81° / 51°

  9. Sep

    72° / 43°

  10. Oct

    60° / 32°

  11. Nov

    45° / 21°

  12. Dec

    34° / 14°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Manila, UT, 6.3 mi away at 6,393 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Snaggletooth is a climbing area in Wyoming's Ashley National Forest, within the Flaming Gorge Ranger District. The Forest Service manages the land, and the area sits just across the line from Utah, where Stateline Cove Campground lies about a third of a mile away. The climbing is mostly sport, with a few trad routes. There are 12 routes in all, ranging from 5.7 to 5.12b. The hardest is Heart of Stone, a 5.12b sport route, and the easiest is Dirty Love, a 5.10c trad route. The grade range puts most of the climbs in the 5.10 to 5.11 range, with a few outliers on either end. Summer is the most comfortable time to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Manila, Utah, run from highs around 76°F in June to about 83°F in July, with lows in the mid-40s and 50s. Winter is cold, with January highs around 36°F and lows near 12°F. Lucerne Valley, a climbing area about 1.5 miles away, and Lucerne campground, about 1.6 miles off, are the closest nearby options. Flaming Gorge NRA, roughly 6.9 miles away, offers lake fishing, and Sheep Creek Boat Launch Area, about 6.6 miles away, is a river fishing spot.

Routes (12)

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