I’ll add that my liberal, atheist Californian D enjoyed her time at Utah immensely, and had a great group of climbing friends, both in the gym and outdoors. They were members at Momentum (https://momentumclimbing.com/millcreek/) and a couple of them worked the front desk part time. It is a short drive from campus and I believe the climbing team practice there.
There’s plenty of climbing in the Wasatch but their favorite was Joe’s Valley which is an easy weekend trip from SLC:
Just to add, a 4.0/rigorous schedule student should get better than WUE (which itself is about $30K for tuition, room and board), the top Presidential scholarships now incentivize you to get residency after the first year (by staying for the summer) and then cover full tuition plus $5000 towards housing (in the first year you pay a little over $10K towards OOS tuition but get the $5000 housing subsidy). So net cost is around $25K the first year and $10K after that. D stayed every summer anyway, even during the pandemic, due to the outdoor opportunities.