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Classic Climbs for Big Cottonwood Canyon

Mountain Project's determination of the most popular, highly-rated routes.

WI3 M4
 20
The Scottish Gully
Mixed, Ice 3 pitches
V4 6B
 12
Sherpa Hop
Boulder
V6 7A
 45
Orange Crush
Boulder
V7- 7A+
 11
Mantle?
Boulder
V7+ 7A+
 11
Dayman
Boulder
V10- 7C+
 8
Forged In Fire
Boulder
5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a
 18
Hey kids! Get down from there!
TR
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 758
Steorts' Ridge
Trad 3 pitches
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 111
Jam Crack Route
Trad 3 pitches
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
 156
Jig's Up
Trad 3 pitches
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 743
Outside Corner
Trad 3 pitches
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 16
Smoochie Poochie
Sport
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 52
Crossing Over
Sport
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 250
Eleventh Hour
Trad 4 pitches
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 42
Wealth of Nations
Trad
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 28
The Leisure Route
Trad 2 pitches
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 114
Starstruck
Trad 3 pitches
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 9
Six-Pack Crack
Trad
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 184
Glass Ocean
Sport
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 47
Skyscraper
Trad
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 42
Rusty Blade
Trad
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
 125
Climb and Punishment
Trad, TR
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 694
Hollow Man
Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 47
Creaking Plank
Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 17
Where Love Ran Red
Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 26
More Than a Feeling
Sport
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 344
Crescendo
Trad 4 pitches
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 137
High Dive
Trad 2 pitches
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 31
Hibachi Time
Trad
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 33
Sin Nombre
Trad
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 56
Ravages Of Time
Sport 2 pitches
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
 102
Call Me Slim
Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 140
Dream Slate
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 503
Chambered Nautilus
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
 31
Minimum Security
Trad, TR
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 11
Margin for Air
Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 148
Battalion of Saints
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 47
No Recess
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 28
The Sands of Time
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 14
The Fools Progress
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 50
Fret Arête
Sport
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 117
Social Engineering
Trad
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 219
cTr
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 81
God's WeedWacker
Sport
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 312
Better than Bitter
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 480
Goodro's Wall
Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 149
Touch of Teflon
Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 78
Psychobabble
Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 58
Northwest Passage
Trad, TR 2 pitches
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 132
Eternal Flow
Sport 2 pitches
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
 12
Hippie Chicks
Trad
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R
 25
Aquaduck
Trad
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 41
Wienie Roast
Trad
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 10
Lone Man Running
Trad
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 49
Retro'd Hardman
Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 23
Vector Madness
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 22
Fine Arete
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 55
Up A Cliff Without a Ladder
Trad, TR
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 408
Black Monday
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 42
Strong Arm With the Lads
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 80
Weed Killer
Trad
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 34
Reasoning With The Unreasonable
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 73
Force of Nature
Trad
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 33
Berry, Berry Steep
Sport, TR
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 51
Stone Ground
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13
 14
Terra Nova
Trad
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13
 9
Le Rap Et Tap
Trad
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 59
Misery
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 10
JVS
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 18
The Odd Get Even
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 12
Art Nouveau
Sport
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 26
Little Creatures
Trad
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 22
Rebel Yell
Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 21
Mass Wasting
Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
 14
Order of Operations
Sport
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
 49
Weed B Gone
Trad 2 pitches
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 186
Right Pile
Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
 38
[Redacted]
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 50
Pile Surgery
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 39
The Highlander
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 59
Depth of Field
Sport
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 27
Pitbulls on Crack
Sport
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 14
Burning Embers
Trad
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
 18
Gnarth Brooks Direct
Sport
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
 11
Gods and Monsters
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 40
Generation Gap
Trad, TR
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 24
Eye in the Sky
Trad, TR
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 117
Left Pile
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 99
Big in Japan
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 22
Plimsol Line
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 16
Mellow Gold
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 36
Speed Trap
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 31
The Benefactor
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 28
Karmic Whiplash
Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
 8
Beata
Sport
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
 13
Speed Racer
Sport
5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 19
New Cliche
Sport
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
 9
Intruder
Sport
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
 21
Cross-Eyed and Painless
Sport
5.13b/c 8a+ 29 X- 30 E7 6c
 8
Osiris
Sport
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
The Scottish Gully JHCOB Wall
 20
WI3 M4 Mixed, Ice 3 pitches
Sherpa Hop Brighton Area > Brighton Boulders > Sherpa Boulders
 12
V4 6B Boulder
Orange Crush Brighton Area > Brighton Boulders > Millie Boulder
 45
V6 7A Boulder
Mantle? Brighton Area > Brighton Boulders > Millie Boulder
 11
V7- 7A+ Boulder
Dayman S-Curves > S-curve boulders
 11
V7+ 7A+ Boulder
Forged In Fire S-Curves > S-curve boulders
 8
V10- 7C+ Boulder
Hey kids! Get down from there! Storm Mtn Picni… > School for people to…
 18
5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a TR
Steorts' Ridge Dead Snag
 758
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad 3 pitches
Jam Crack Route Mule Hollow Wall
 111
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad 3 pitches
Jig's Up Dead Snag
 156
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b Trad 3 pitches
Outside Corner JHCOB Wall
 743
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad 3 pitches
Smoochie Poochie Granite Flume > Highline Hang Ledge
 16
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport
Crossing Over Geezer Wall > Main Slab
 52
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport
Eleventh Hour Sundial
 250
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 4 pitches
Wealth of Nations Strone Crag
 42
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
The Leisure Route Storm Mtn Picni… > Static Wall
 28
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 2 pitches
Starstruck Strone Crag
 114
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 3 pitches
Six-Pack Crack Beer Belly Buttress
 9
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
Glass Ocean Glass Ocean & Environs
 184
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Sport
Skyscraper S-Curves > S-Curve - Upper Wall
 47
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
Rusty Blade Brighton Area > Brighton's Frighton Wall
 42
5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad
Climb and Punishment Penitentiary Wall
 125
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c Trad, TR
Hollow Man Challenge Buttress > N & W Faces
 694
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
Creaking Plank Strone Crag
 47
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
Where Love Ran Red Disciple Ridge > Lower Sector
 17
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
More Than a Feeling Disciple Ridge > Upper Sector
 26
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport
Crescendo JHCOB Wall
 344
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad 4 pitches
High Dive Glass Ocean & Environs
 137
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad 2 pitches
Hibachi Time Moss Ledges
 31
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad
Sin Nombre Storm Mtn Picni… > Bumble Bee Wall
 33
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad
Ravages Of Time Mule Hollow Wall
 56
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Sport 2 pitches
Call Me Slim Dead Snag
 102
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a Trad
Dream Slate Narcolepsy Area
 140
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Chambered Nautilus Challenge Buttress > E Face
 503
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Minimum Security Penitentiary Wall
 31
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R Trad, TR
Margin for Air Margin for Air Wall &…
 11
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
Battalion of Saints Battalion of Saints Wall
 148
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
No Recess Red Rock Wall
 47
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
The Sands of Time Mule Hollow Wall
 28
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
The Fools Progress Back of Beyond > Dark W Face
 14
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Fret Arête Brighton Area > Brighton's Frighton Wall
 50
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Sport
Social Engineering Dead Snag
 117
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
cTr Challenge Buttress > N & W Faces
 219
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
God's WeedWacker Red Rock Wall
 81
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
Better than Bitter Challenge Buttress > N & W Faces
 312
5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
Goodro's Wall Storm Mtn Picni… > Storm Mtn Island
 480
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad
Touch of Teflon Challenge Buttress > E Face
 149
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad
Psychobabble Storm Mtn Picni… > Psychobabble Wall
 78
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad
Northwest Passage Glass Ocean & Environs
 58
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Trad, TR 2 pitches
Eternal Flow Lonely Challenge Area
 132
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport 2 pitches
Hippie Chicks Salt Lake Slips
 12
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b Trad
Aquaduck Aqueduct Area, The
 25
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R Trad
Wienie Roast Moss Ledges
 41
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad
Lone Man Running Lonely Challenge Area
 10
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Trad
Retro'd Hardman Aguaworld
 49
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
Vector Madness Vector Madness Wall
 23
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
Fine Arete Dark Star Gully
 22
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Up A Cliff Without a Ladder Narcolepsy Area
 55
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad, TR
Black Monday S-Curves > S-Curve - Lower
 408
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Strong Arm With the Lads Millstone
 42
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Weed Killer JHCOB Wall
 80
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad
Reasoning With The Unreason… Red Rock Wall
 34
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
Force of Nature Dead Snag
 73
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad
Berry, Berry Steep Powder Ridge Wall
 33
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport, TR
Stone Ground Millstone
 51
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
Terra Nova Aqueduct Area, The
 14
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13 Trad
Le Rap Et Tap Strone Crag
 9
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13 Trad
Misery Broads Fork
 59
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
JVS Treadmill Wall
 10
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
The Odd Get Even Millstone
 18
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
Art Nouveau Art Major Wall
 12
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Sport
Little Creatures Dogwood Crag
 26
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a Trad
Rebel Yell Storm Mtn Picni… > Psychobabble Wall
 22
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
Mass Wasting S-Curves > S-Curve - Lower
 21
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
Order of Operations Gully of Higher… > Higher Education Ridg…
 14
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a Sport
Weed B Gone JHCOB Wall
 49
5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a Trad 2 pitches
Right Pile S-Curves > S-Curve - The Pile
 186
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
[Redacted] Broads Fork
 38
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a Sport
Pile Surgery S-Curves > S-Curve - The Pile
 50
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
The Highlander Highlander
 39
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Depth of Field Choss Garden
 59
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Pitbulls on Crack Choss Garden
 27
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Burning Embers Moss Ledges
 14
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Trad
Gnarth Brooks Direct Gnar Wall
 18
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a Sport
Gods and Monsters Strone Crag
 11
5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a Sport
Generation Gap Storm Mtn Picni… > Storm Mtn Island
 40
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Trad, TR
Eye in the Sky Storm Mtn Picni… > Psychobabble Wall
 24
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Trad, TR
Left Pile S-Curves > S-Curve - The Pile
 117
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Big in Japan Storm Mtn Picni… > Storm Mtn Island
 99
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Plimsol Line Broads Fork
 22
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Mellow Gold Choss Garden
 16
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Speed Trap Speed Trap
 36
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
The Benefactor Choss Garden
 31
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Karmic Whiplash Dark Star Gully
 28
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Beata Choss Garden
 8
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b Sport
Speed Racer Speed Trap
 13
5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b Sport
New Cliche S-Curves > S-Curve - New Cliche
 19
5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
Intruder Intruder Wall
 9
5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b Sport
Cross-Eyed and Painless Dogwood Crag
 21
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c Sport
Osiris JHCOB Wall
 8
5.13b/c 8a+ 29 X- 30 E7 6c Sport

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