Climbing Forecast Big Cottonwood Canyon S-Curves

BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON · QUARTZITE

S-Curves climbing conditions

Poor — wet, too windy or closed

Right now

Temp68°F
Wind2 mph
Gusts2 mph
Humidity42.9%
Rain 48hdry
Last rainNone recent

Assessment

2.2mm 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
Gusts2 mph
Humidity42%
2.2mm rain forecast
  • Wet quartzite is slippery but not damaged by climbing
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 64° dry 4 45%
07:00 64° dry 5 44.5%
08:00 64° dry 4 44.4%
09:00 63° dry 4 48.8%
10:00 64° dry 3 46%
11:00 65° dry 3 41%
12:00 66° dry 3 39%
13:00 66° dry 3 38.4%
14:00 69° 0.01 in 3 40.5%
15:00 71° 0.02 in 3 40%
16:00 72° 0.00 in 3 47.1%
17:00 75° 0.01 in 4 37.9%
18:00 75° 0.01 in 5 35.8%
19:00 75° 0.01 in 7 36.3%
20:00 75° 0.01 in 6 32.2%
21:00 77° 0.00 in 6 30.1%
Thu Thursday 27 August
Poor
Temp68°F
Rain0.1 in
Wind3 mph
Gusts
Humidity39%
3.1mm rain forecast
  • Wet quartzite is slippery but not damaged by climbing
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 66° dry 3 42.6%
07:00 66° dry 3 41.1%
08:00 66° dry 4 42.1%
09:00 66° dry 3 40.3%
10:00 66° dry 3 40.1%
11:00 66° dry 3 40.5%
12:00 65° dry 3 41.6%
13:00 65° dry 3 42.5%
14:00 69° dry 3 43%
15:00 74° dry 4 33.5%
16:00 76° dry 5 29.4%
17:00 77° dry 6 28.2%
18:00 79° dry 8 25.6%
19:00 79° 0.01 in 9 26.5%
20:00 78° dry 9 27.3%
21:00 80° dry 10 24.6%
Fri Friday 28 August
Poor
Temp66°F
Rain0.2 in
Wind5 mph
Gusts
Humidity48%
5.7mm rain forecast
  • Wet quartzite is slippery but not damaged by climbing
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 65° dry 3 54.3%
07:00 66° dry 3 48.9%
08:00 67° dry 3 45.1%
09:00 67° dry 3 43.1%
10:00 67° 0.02 in 3 43.2%
11:00 64° 0.01 in 5 51%
12:00 63° dry 6 54.2%
13:00 64° dry 4 50.7%
14:00 67° dry 4 48.7%
15:00 70° dry 5 46.4%
16:00 73° dry 7 40.8%
17:00 77° dry 11 26.7%
18:00 79° dry 13 23.1%
Sat Saturday 29 August
Poor
Temp61°F
Rain0.03 in
Wind1 mph
Gusts
Humidity64%
0.7mm rain forecast
  • Wet quartzite is slippery but not damaged by climbing
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 66° dry 3 44.1%
12:00 61° 0.01 in 0 63.7%
18:00 61° 0.02 in 4 73.2%
Sun Sunday 30 August
Poor
Temp55°F
Rain0.02 in
Wind2 mph
Gusts
Humidity71%
0.5mm rain forecast
  • Quartzite holds friction well when dry
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 56° dry 2 74.3%
12:00 56° 0.01 in 2 70.8%
18:00 62° 0.01 in 3 66.4%
Mon Monday 31 August
Poor
Temp55°F
Rain0.03 in
Wind2 mph
Gusts
Humidity71%
0.7mm rain forecast
  • Wet quartzite is slippery but not damaged by climbing
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 57° dry 2 72.7%
12:00 55° dry 3 71.2%
18:00 67° 0.02 in 8 53.5%
Tue Tuesday 1 September
Good
Temp59°F
Raindry
Wind7 mph
Gusts
Humidity39%
Should be dry
  • Quartzite holds friction well when dry
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 58° dry 2 57.7%
12:00 59° dry 7 38.6%
18:00 69° dry 11 24.6%
Wed Wednesday 2 September
Good
Temp57°F
Raindry
Wind2 mph
Gusts
Humidity38%
Should be dry
  • Quartzite holds friction well when dry
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 56° dry 1 42.3%
12:00 57° dry 2 37.9%
18:00 71° dry 7 21.8%

About S-Curves

S-Curves sits on the north side of Big Cottonwood Canyon 4.25 miles up-canyon — four large diverse crags, mostly south-facing sport climbing with 'the cool and shady Pile' for hot afternoons. Same Big Cottonwood Formation quartzite as Storm Mountain. Sunny fall climbing tends to be the best; February usable during winter warm spells. Approach: park at pullouts and cross highway heading north.

Region
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Rock type
Quartzite
Aspect
south-facing
Altitude
6207 ft
Exposure
medium
Seepage
low

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