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// Rock climbing · British Columbia, Canada

Climbing at The Smoke Bluffs

498 routes on 48 walls, 5.2–5.12d. In British Columbia, Canada. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

See the Friction Score in the app The grades

Routes

498

Walls

Grades

5.2–5.12d

Style

Trad

Best season (estimated)

April–June · August–October

// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.2 to 5.12d. Half are between 5.6 and 5.10a.

160

Each climb counts at its grade; ungraded ones are left out. In the app you can switch to French, UIAA, British or Font grades.

// The walls

Sun and shade

Mostly west-facing: morning shade, afternoon sun.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast1 sectorSoutheast0 sectorsSouth7 sectorsSouthwest10 sectorsWest27 sectorsNorthwest3 sectors

Estimated best season: April–June · August–October. Worked out from each wall's aspect and the latitude; the app fine-tunes it with what climbers log.

South-facing wall

S · aspect 180°

Example

Excellent

★ best at 6 PM

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57°

Temp

41%

Humidity

Wind

Sun

Wall

Friction ScoreHow the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall. In the app, for every crag on the map. See it in the app →ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

// Walls

The 48 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES

01Burgers and FriesW · 252° · 5.3–5.11a50 routes

02Neat and CoolW · 265° · 5.4–5.12d39 routes

03Penny LaneS · 188° · 5.4–5.12a35 routes

04Crag XW · 272° · 5.4–5.11a29 routes

05Parking Lot WallW · 275° · 5.2–5.10d25 routes

06Free and EasyW · 256° · 5.5–5.11d21 routes

07FunaramaW · 262° · 5.5–5.10d20 routes

082nd AveW · 262° · 5.2–5.819 routes

09Wall AreaW · 266° · 5.5–5.12d19 routes

10High CliffSW · 242° · 5.4–5.11c18 routes

11Ronin's CornerE · 108° · 5.4–5.10d14 routes

12LumberlandW · 259° · 5.4–5.10b13 routes

13Pixie CornerW · 262° · 5.5–5.12b13 routes

14Boulder GullyNW · 296° · 5.5–5.11c12 routes

15Octopus GardenSW · 220° · 5.5–5.12b12 routes

16Tunnel RockS · 183° · 5.4–5.10a11 routes

17Boulder Gully (Bouldering)NW · 296°10 routes

18Fatty Bolger and Ferret's FollyW · 270° · 5.4–5.11a9 routes

19Gravity TrainSW · 242°9 routes

20Bughouse HeightsSW · 233° · 5.2–5.11d8 routes

21Cabin Boy's OfficeW · 248° · 5.6–5.10b8 routes

22Call It A DayS · 178° · 5.4–5.88 routes

23Krack RockW · 251° · 5.5–5.88 routes

24Funarama- The NurserySW · 231° · 5.2–5.87 routes

25Runestone WallW · 271° · 5.4–5.10a7 routes

26Pink CliffS · 189° · 5.4–5.96 routes

27[Redacted]W · 250° · 5.5–5.10d6 routes

28Gumby's WallSW · 244° · 5.6–5.10b5 routes

29Fern GullyS · 181° · 5.2–5.64 routes

30Island in the SkyW · 253° · 5.5–5.84 routes

31Lumberland (Bouldering)W · 259°4 routes

32Neat and Cool (Bouldering)W · 265°4 routes

33One Toque WallW · 262° · 5.5–5.84 routes

34Respiration RockW · 262° · 5.3–5.84 routes

35Roadside DistractionW · 280° · 5.9–5.12c4 routes

36AlexisW · 262° · 5.53 routes

37Auntie GravityNW · 303° · 5.7–5.10c3 routes

38Elephant's ArseW · 262° · 5.8–5.10a3 routes

39Junkfood WallSW · 217° · 5.6–5.10b3 routes

40The Black ZawnW · 262° · 5.10b–5.11a3 routes

41The VandalariumS · 176° · 5.9–5.10d3 routes

42Crystal WallSW · 232° · 5.10a–5.10c2 routes

43Lunch Break WallSW · 244° · 5.4–5.92 routes

44Nubile WomanW · 262° · 5.82 routes

45SpiderflyS · 183° · 5.10c–5.11d2 routes

46Pleasure PalaceW · 282°1 route

47Ravens DellW · 264°1 route

48ThemysciraSW · 229° · 5.51 route

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

// Nearby

Crags nearby

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// The Friction Score for every crag

Climb more. Guess less.

When the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall; topos, your logbook and people to climb with. In your units (°F or °C) and your grades (YDS or French). The social side is free, always.