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// Rock climbing · Utah

Climbing at Little Cottonwood Canyon

485 routes on 45 walls, 5.3–5.14a. In Utah. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

See the Friction Score in the app The grades

Routes

485

Walls

Grades

5.3–5.14a

Rock

Granite

Style

Trad

Best season (estimated)

March–June · September–October

// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.3 to 5.14a. Half are between 5.9 and 5.11a.

128

Each climb counts at its grade; ungraded ones are left out. In the app you can switch to French, UIAA, British or Font grades.

// The walls

Sun and shade

Walls face several ways: pick the sector for sun or shade at any hour.

North8 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast1 sectorSouth20 sectorsSouthwest5 sectorsWest10 sectorsNorthwest1 sector

Estimated best season: March–June · September–October. Worked out from each wall's aspect and the latitude; the app fine-tunes it with what climbers log.

South-facing wall

S · aspect 180°

Example

Excellent

★ best at 6 PM

12a6a12p6p11p

57°

Temp

41%

Humidity

Wind

Sun

Wall

Friction ScoreHow the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall. In the app, for every crag on the map. See it in the app →ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

// Walls

The 45 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES

01Green Adjective GullyS · 201° · 5.4–5.13d56 routes

02The WaterfrontS · 183° · 5.3–5.13a39 routes

03Crescent Crack ButtressS · 186° · 5.5–5.12b37 routes

04Altered States GullyS · 188° · 5.7–5.12c27 routes

05Great White Icicle AreaN · 350° · 5.5–5.12a23 routes

06Coal Pit ButtressN · 349° · 5.5–5.12a22 routes

07The Thumb AreaS · 177° · 5.5–5.12d21 routes

08The EggS · 182° · 5.5–5.11c18 routes

09Lizard Head WallS · 174° · 5.5–5.11c18 routes

10The KeelS · 188° · 5.4–5.12b17 routes

11Pentapitch AreaN · 354° · 5.6–5.11d17 routes

12Red Pine CragW · 253° · 5.7–5.10c14 routes

13Westwind ButtressS · 163° · 5.8–5.12d14 routes

14Kermits WallS · 191° · 5.5–5.12b13 routes

15Dragon ArchS · 173° · 5.8–5.14a12 routes

16Plumb Line GullyS · 195° · 5.7–5.11d10 routes

17Coffin ButtressS · 189° · 5.8–5.12d9 routes

18Eagle Buttress and EnvironsW · 265° · 5.7–5.11d9 routes

19Super SlabN · 10° · 5.7–5.10c8 routes

20Burner ButtressSW · 214° · 5.7–5.10d7 routes

21Humane Society WallN · 13° · 5.10b–5.12c7 routes

22Memorial Day ButtressSW · 210° · 5.8–5.11c7 routes

23Bongeater ButtressSW · 211° · 5.9–5.12d6 routes

24Commitment ButtressN · 358° · 5.6–5.10c6 routes

25The PawnS · 184° · 5.9–5.12c6 routes

26The SailS · 176° · 5.7–5.10c6 routes

27Allen's Ridge AreaN · 357° · 5.9–5.13c5 routes

28Early BirdS · 200° · 5.9–5.12c5 routes

29Gargoyle WallS · 179° · 5.10d–5.12c5 routes

30Lots of Balls SlabS · 198° · 5.6–5.85 routes

31Team Serious WallW · 265° · 5.8–5.11a4 routes

32Wheeler-Newsome WallS · 194° · 5.11a–5.13a4 routes

33Conifer CragSE · 155° · 5.8–5.12d3 routes

34Hogum ForkNW · 299° · 5.4–5.11a3 routes

35Intensive Care SlabSW · 230° · 5.7–5.11a3 routes

36Perla's Ridge and EnvironsW · 265° · 5.8–5.11d3 routes

37Resort ButtressW · 265° · 5.7–5.10c3 routes

38Triangle WallN · 10° · 5.9–5.12c3 routes

39Lonely Bashie ButtressSW · 212° · 5.9–5.11a2 routes

40The Thumb NailS · 189° · 5.10c–5.12c2 routes

41Upper Burner WallW · 265° · 5.10a–5.10d2 routes

42Cake WallW · 249° · 5.51 route

43Contact ButtressW · 265° · 5.11a1 route

44Japanese GardenW · 266° · 5.12a1 route

45Peruvian ButtressW · 265° · 5.10c1 route

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

// Nearby

Crags nearby

01The HillV4–V11 · Granite · Bouldering0 mi · 20 boulders 02Black Peeler Buttress5.4–5.13c · Granite · Trad0 mi · 49 routes 03Gate Buttress5.5–5.13c · Granite · Trad0 mi · 130 routes 04Gate BouldersV0–V13 · Granite · Bouldering0 mi · 55 boulders 05Buzz BouldersV0–V10 · Granite · Bouldering0 mi · 18 boulders 06The RiversideV0–V9 · Granite · Bouldering0 mi · 36 boulders 07Far SideV0–V10 · Granite · Bouldering0 mi · 43 boulders 08Boulders - Little CottonwoodV0–V13 · Granite · Bouldering1 mi · 271 boulders

// The Friction Score for every crag

Climb more. Guess less.

When the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall; topos, your logbook and people to climb with. In your units (°F or °C) and your grades (YDS or French). The social side is free, always.