The Activity
Full-Day Private Rock Climbing · Wasatch, Utah
A full day on Wasatch rock, built around you.
A full private day of rock climbing in Utah’s Wasatch, tailored to your experience and goals. Whether it’s your first time on rock or you’re looking for a challenging multi-pitch route, your guide builds the day around you.
If you already climb, this is the day you’d build if you knew the canyons. There are hundreds of routes above Salt Lake City and no obvious way to pick from the outside. Which wall is dry in April. Which one is shaded at two in the afternoon. Which 5.7 is a classic and which one is choss. Which approach takes fifteen minutes and which takes an hour you didn’t budget for.
What you pay
Full day · per person and total for your group
| Group | Per person | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 climber | $550 | $550 |
| 2 climbers | $375 | $750 |
Weekday rates (Mon–Thu). Weekends (Fri–Sun) add $50 to the booking, not per climber. Inclusions and cancellation terms are in the Rates & Booking tab.
A guide who climbs here year-round already knows. That is most of what you are paying for—the rest is a rope, a rack, and a partner who can move fast on a long route.
Never more than two climbers per guide. Most days it is one. Tell us how you climb and what you want out of the day, and we’ll pick the rock.
Three kinds of rock, close together
Little Cottonwood is granite—big, clean, and steep, with long multi-pitch routes. This is the canyon people move to Salt Lake for.
Big Cottonwood is quartzite: shorter, more featured, a dense concentration of routes across a wide range of grades. Good for mileage days and for working on something specific.
Limestone is within reach for steeper, more athletic sport climbing when that’s the day you want.
Your guide picks based on your ability, your goals, and the conditions. Shade matters here more than visiting climbers expect.
What a private day can be
- Single-pitch mileage—as many routes as your hands last for
- A classic multi-pitch route, with real position and route-finding
- A specific objective you’ve had in mind
- Crack, slab, face, or steep, depending on what you want to work on
- Climbing with coaching folded in—movement, trad technique, transitions, efficiency
- A first outdoor lead, with someone watching who has seen a thousand of them
If what you actually want is a complete technical system taught properly, Learn to Rock Climb Outside or Learn to Lead Outside will serve you better, and we’d rather tell you that than sell you this.
Why the ratio is two
One guide, one or two climbers, all day. A small team moves faster, and speed is a real part of safety on a long route—a party that’s slow on pitch three is a party finishing in the dark.
It also means the day is genuinely yours. Nobody is waiting at the base while three other people take their turn.
Summer works here
The canyons sit high enough to stay climbable when the valley is baking. Your guide plans around aspect and start time. If you’re in Utah in July and the desert is out of the question, this is where you climb.
Guided and operated by Wasatch Mountain Guides (WMG). BBE helps you plan your experience; booking and payment are completed directly with WMG.
Questions before you book?
We answer every inquiry personally.
