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AMERICAN FORK CANYON · LIMESTONE

The Hell Area climbing conditions

Poor — wet, too windy or closed

Right now

Temp69°F
Wind2 mph
Gusts4 mph
Humidity40.6%
Rain 48hdry
Last rainNone recent

Assessment

2.3mm rain forecast

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Wednesday 26 August
Poor
Temp68°F
Rain0.09 in
Wind3 mph
Gusts4 mph
Humidity38%
2.3mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 65° dry 2 — 41.5%
07:00 64° dry 2 — 41.3%
08:00 65° dry 2 — 41%
09:00 64° dry 2 — 41.3%
10:00 64° dry 3 — 41.9%
11:00 64° dry 3 — 40.6%
12:00 65° dry 2 — 39.9%
13:00 64° dry 3 — 40.5%
14:00 69° dry 3 — 42.8%
15:00 74° 0.00 in 3 — 30.2%
16:00 75° 0.00 in 4 — 29.8%
17:00 76° 0.02 in 4 — 29.4%
18:00 76° 0.02 in 4 — 30.1%
19:00 76° 0.02 in 7 — 31.3%
20:00 77° 0.01 in 8 — 28.6%
21:00 78° 0.01 in 6 — 27%
Thu Thursday 27 August
Poor
Temp68°F
Rain0.04 in
Wind3 mph
Gusts—
Humidity38%
1mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 65° dry 2 — 42.5%
07:00 65° dry 2 — 42.1%
08:00 65° dry 3 — 41.1%
09:00 65° dry 3 — 40.4%
10:00 65° dry 3 — 40.2%
11:00 65° dry 3 — 40.4%
12:00 65° dry 3 — 40.6%
13:00 65° dry 3 — 41.3%
14:00 69° dry 3 — 43%
15:00 74° dry 4 — 31.6%
16:00 76° dry 5 — 27.8%
17:00 77° dry 6 — 28.2%
18:00 80° dry 8 — 25.2%
19:00 81° dry 9 — 23.5%
20:00 80° dry 9 — 23%
21:00 82° dry 10 — 21.3%
Fri Friday 28 August
Poor
Temp68°F
Rain0.09 in
Wind4 mph
Gusts—
Humidity40%
2.4mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 66° dry 2 — 49.7%
07:00 66° dry 3 — 45.7%
08:00 67° dry 3 — 42.6%
09:00 67° dry 3 — 40.3%
10:00 67° dry 3 — 39.9%
11:00 66° dry 2 — 40.6%
12:00 65° dry 3 — 42.4%
13:00 65° dry 3 — 42.7%
14:00 68° dry 3 — 42.4%
15:00 70° dry 5 — 43.2%
16:00 74° dry 7 — 30.5%
17:00 77° dry 11 — 25.9%
18:00 79° dry 12 — 23.1%
Sat Saturday 29 August
Poor
Temp61°F
Rain0.03 in
Wind1 mph
Gusts—
Humidity60%
0.8mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 67° dry 2 — 39.9%
12:00 61° 0.01 in 1 — 59.9%
18:00 61° 0.02 in 4 — 72.5%
Sun Sunday 30 August
Poor
Temp57°F
Rain0.02 in
Wind1 mph
Gusts—
Humidity71%
0.6mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 57° dry 1 — 72.6%
12:00 56° 0.02 in 1 — 70.8%
18:00 62° 0.01 in 1 — 67.7%
Mon Monday 31 August
Poor
Temp55°F
Rain0.02 in
Wind1 mph
Gusts—
Humidity67%
0.4mm rain forecast
  • Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 58° dry 0 — 72%
12:00 56° dry 0 — 67.4%
18:00 66° 0.01 in 8 — 52.9%
Tue Tuesday 1 September
Caution
Temp57°F
Raindry
Wind2 mph
Gusts—
Humidity45%
Drying — 18h since rain
  • Limestone should be fine if dry
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 60° dry 1 — 54%
12:00 57° dry 2 — 44.5%
18:00 69° dry 11 — 24.8%
Wed Wednesday 2 September
Good
Temp55°F
Raindry
Wind1 mph
Gusts—
Humidity42%
Should be dry
  • Limestone should be fine if dry
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 55° dry 1 — 45.4%
12:00 56° dry 0 — 42%
18:00 71° dry 7 — 21.2%

About The Hell Area

The Hell Area is 'a one time sport climbing mecca' per Mountain Project — the historic testpiece wall where American limestone hard sport climbing was born in the late 1980s. Steep bouldery routes demanding fingerpower; the majority of routes are 5.11d and up, with a concentration of 5.13s. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache Forest fee area.

Region
American Fork Canyon
Rock type
Limestone
Aspect
north-facing
Altitude
5922 ft
Exposure
medium
Seepage
low

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