Best winter sport climbing options slc area

Im hoping to climb on rock in the sun on Monday, I figure it’s probably wishful thinking with how snowy it’s been but what are the best options for sunny south facing cragging in the slc area? I was looking at super bowl by Provo and 9th st in Ogden so far

Rock canyon: Superbowl, bad bananas, training camp, the jobsite, and possibly the wasp will all be warm/mostly dry. I was at the jobsite and superbowl last week in a t-shirt. Just wear a helmet for loose rock and watch for any ice above you.

The hinterlands south wall (Just north of RC) might also be good, but the hike will probably we a little bit of a muddy nightmare.

I've only been to Ogden 9th street in the summer but I remember the sun was blasting, so that's probably a good bet as well!

The south/west facing stuff in Rock Canyon and at Hinterlands is a good bet as mentioned above. I was at lower S-Curves yesterday and most routes were dry. Trail is packed down snow and pretty easy walking, microspikes might make it easier if you've got some. Upper wall had some dry routes too, though that requires some postholing to get to right now.

Today is going to be a February Summer up at Aguaworld. A lot of this crag doesn't have the best rock but TP scraped around and found a couple of new gems this last spring. Some of the anchors and bolting have been cleaned up a little. 

Bumping this up :)

I just moved to the SLC area, and am looking for good sport climbing areas that are climbable in late winter/early spring. Where do people go to find dry rock this time of year in the northern UT area? Does it exist, or do you have to drive further south to find good rock? 

Chris Stocking wrote:

Bumping this up :)

I just moved to the SLC area, and am looking for good sport climbing areas that are climbable in late winter/early spring. Where do people go to find dry rock this time of year in the northern UT area? Does it exist, or do you have to drive further south to find good rock? 

It depends on what type of rock you want to climb--American Fork for Limestone, Little Cottonwood and Ferguson Canyon for Granite, Big Cottonwood has quartzite and some marble. Desert for sandstone. Ibex in the west sesert has some warmer dry quartzite.