Climbing at Backyard Boulders

467 routes on 5 walls. In Rocklands, South Africa. 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

467

Walls

Best season (estimated)

January–February · December

// The walls

Sun and shade

Mostly east-facing: morning sun, afternoon shade.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast3 sectorsSoutheast2 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: January–February · December. 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 5 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES

01HighballerSE · 122°224 routes

02Lazy SusanE · 86°190 routes

03Black Friday SpecialE · 83°32 routes

04Gradual StepsE · 90°18 routes

05Camp StarSE · 155°3 routes

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

// Nearby

Crags nearby

01Waterfalls1 mi · 31 routes 02The PlateauVolcanic1 mi · 164 routes 03Arch Valley1 mi · 16 routes 04Twin Boulders1 mi · 4 routes 05Dihedral Boulders1 mi · 360 routes 06Kleinfontein1 mi · 3 routes 07Italian Stallion1 mi · 1 route 08Berlingo1 mi · 4 routes

// 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.