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Storm Mountain Picnic Area

Submitted By: Nathan Fisher on Feb 18, 2006
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Description 

Storm Mountain Picnic Area has some of the highest concentration of good climbing in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Plus, the added bonus of a picnic area, fishing, and toilets.


Getting There 

Park either in or out of the parking lot approximately 2.85 miles up canyon.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Storm Mountain Picnic Area:
Layback Crack   5.5     Trad   Storm Mountain Island
Iraq in the Back Attack   5.6     Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   Reservoir Ridge
Crack Face   5.7     Trad, TR, 1 pitch   Reservoir Ridge
Transformer Man   5.8     Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet   Static Wall
Bee Pitch, The   5.8     Trad, 3 pitches, 200 feet   Bumble Bee Wall
The Leisure Route   5.8 R     Trad, Sport, Alpine, 2 pitches, 280 feet   Storm Mountain Ice Falls
Fowl Play   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 110 feet   Bumble Bee Wall
La Creme De Shorts   5.9     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 70 feet   Storm Mountain Island
Sin Nombre   5.9+     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   Bumble Bee Wall
Psychostematic   5.10a     Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet   Psychobabble Wall
Goodro's Wall   5.10c     Trad, 1 pitch   Storm Mountain Island
Psychobabble   5.10c     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch   Psychobabble Wall
Big in Japan   5.12b     Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet   Storm Mountain Island
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Featured Route For Storm Mountain Picnic Area
The climber is Chad Mcardle....photographer....Korbin Mcardle/climbinhi....he's midway up the run looking good.

Goodro's Wall 5.10c  UT : Wasatch Range : ... : Storm Mountain Island
Arguably the first 5.10 in North America. Fun route, good gear, good jams, pumpy. Feeling burly cause you sent it? Some cowboy did the same back in the 40's....[more]   Browse More Classics in UT


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By john gilchrist
From: sLC, utah
Jun 20, 2006

Reservoir Ridge is a great place to take the new climber to teach them everything they need to know. There are some Chains on War Clamor that are 15 feet off the ground where you can teach a new climber how to clean and rap while being able to watch and instruct with out having to yell. Allso some good routes to in storm to take a new sport leader.

By T Merrill
Aug 11, 2009

Just a heads up, my girlfriends car was broken into yesterday parked across from the Storm Mountain entrance. window was broken and stuff stolen. Super lame!