Brighton Climbing

This digital Brighton climbing guidebook gives you GPS navigation, verified topos, and beta for hundreds of climbs. Explore classics and hidden gems with offline access to maps, directions, and beta videos. Whether it's your first visit or fiftieth, KAYA makes your Brighton days smoother, safer, and more dialed.

At the top of Big Cottonwood lies the renowned ski resort, Brighton. When the snow melts out, a large amount of high quality granite is revealed. This is one of the best high elevation bouldering areas close to SLC, and temperatures are generally 20 degrees cooler than in the Valley. That said, fall is still the most pleasant time to come up here, since the hiking the steep trails in the summer and swatting mosquitoes can easily distract from an otherwise pleasant area. The rock quality is closer to the Lake Tahoe area than it is to Little Cottonwood, and while it lacks a large ... Show more

This digital Brighton climbing guidebook gives you GPS navigation, verified topos, and beta for hundreds of climbs. Explore classics and hidden gems with offline access to maps, directions, and beta videos. Whether it's your first visit or fiftieth, KAYA makes your Brighton days smoother, safer, and more dialed. At the top of Big Cottonwood lies the renowned ski resort, Brighton. When the snow melts out, a large amount of high quality granite is revealed. This is one of the best high elevation bouldering areas close to SLC, and temperatures are generally 20 degrees cooler than in the Valley. That said, fall is still the most pleasant time to come up here, since the hiking the steep trails in the summer and swatting mosquitoes can easily distract from an otherwise pleasant area. The rock quality is closer to the Lake Tahoe area than it is to Little Cottonwood, and while it lacks a large amount of proud lines, the climbing here is just so fun. The majority of the boulders are accessed from the large parking lot in the town of Brighton. Check each subarea for directions.