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Temple Mountain Rock Climbing

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Elevation:	6,453 ft	1,967 m
GPS:	38.68829, -110.67917 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Furthermore on Apr 26, 2018
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Description

When driving south on UT24, Temple Mountain towers dominantly behind the eastern slabs of the San Rafael Swell. Bjornstad has a brief, vague-at-best description of a route in his Desert Rock II book. While the rock is soft and chossy, the standard route up Temple Mountain offers an excellent, adventurous desert mountaineering scramble. If you have only a few hours in the area, Temple Mountain makes for a worthy destination.

Getting There

From I-70 west of Green River, take exit 149 for UT24. Drive south on UT24 for ~24.1 miles. Turn right (west) onto Temple Mountain Road which is also marked for Goblin Valley State Park. Continue 7.0 miles on Temple Mountain Road to an unmarked dirt junction (38.6658, -110.6819). If you reach the Temple Road Campground, you've driven too far by a quarter mile.

The roads at this point are confusing due to a conglomerate of dispersed camping and abandoned mining roads. If you have 2WD, consider parking off the Temple Mountain Road at this junction. Do NOT take the mining road leading to the east side of the peak as it is heavily damaged (I didn't feel comfortable taking a stock Xterra up that road which I usually abuse heavily). The best option is to locate the mining road that travels north on the west side of the peak (very doable in any stock 4x4). Drive up this road for 1.4 miles to a parking area with an abandoned old car (38.6821, -110.6850). This provides access for the south face route.