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Rock climbing in Alaska

The 100 climbing areas Cordada has in Alaska, with 1,915 routes. For each one: its grades (YDS and V-scale), which way the walls face and the best season.

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Areas

100

Routes

1,915

With a page

100

Half the routes

5.8–5.11a

// The map

Where they are

Boundaries © Natural Earth

// The grades

Grades in Alaska

Routes by grade

From 5.0 to 5.14c. Half are between 5.8 and 5.11a.

103

136

207

221

456

254

97

30

4

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V10. Half are between V1 and V5.

49

29

43

45

34

25

21

9

9

4

1

// The crags

Areas by size

GRADES · ROCK · ROUTES

01Seward Highway5.4–5.14a · Volcanic · Sport239 routes 02Valdez Area Rock5.0–5.12c · Conglomerate · Sport · Trad210 routes 03Archangel Valley Sport and Traditional Climbing5.4–5.13d · Granite · Trad111 routes 04Weiner Lake Routes5.8–5.13b · Conglomerate · Sport · Trad85 routes 05Capt. Cook State Recreation AreaV0–V7 · Volcanic · Bouldering72 boulders 06Independence Mine Bouldering and Climbing5.6–5.11d · boulders V0–V8 · Granite · Trad · Bouldering69 routes and boulders 07East Grapefruit Rocks5.4–5.11c · Conglomerate · Sport · Top rope62 routes 08Purinton Creek5.9–5.13b · Conglomerate · Trad · Sport59 routes 09Reed Lakes Bouldering and Climbing5.4–5.11d · Granodiorite · Trad · Sport56 routes 10West Grapefruit Rocks5.4–5.13b · boulders V1–V5 · Conglomerate · Sport48 routes and boulders 11Marmot Rock BoulderingV0–V6 · Volcanic · Bouldering46 boulders 12Little Switzerland5.4–5.11d · Trad38 routes 13Ravine Lake Climbing Areas5.7–5.12c · Conglomerate · Trad · Sport36 routes 14Skagway5.6–5.12b · boulders V1–V6 · Trad · Sport36 routes and boulders 15Pivot Point5.6–5.14c · Volcanic · Sport · Trad33 routes 16Archangel BoulderingV0–V8 · Granite · Bouldering30 boulders 17Portage5.7–5.14a · Conglomerate · Sport30 routes 18Juneau5.6–5.13a · Volcanic · Sport24 routes 19Sky Pilot Areas5.9–5.13d · Sport23 routes 2043 mile crag5.7–5.11c · Conglomerate · Sport · Trad22 routes 21Long Lake (Revised)V2–V6 · Volcanic · Bouldering22 boulders 22Byron Glacier BoulderingV0–V5 · Conglomerate · Bouldering22 boulders 23Fairangel Gap and Valley5.7–5.11d · boulders V0–V8 · Granite · Trad21 routes and boulders 24Mendenhall Towers5.0–5.12a · Trad21 routes 25Dew Mound5.9–5.13d · Volcanic · Sport · Trad19 routes 26Granite Tors5.5–5.11c · Trad18 routes 27The Crack Garden5.5–5.10c · Granite · Trad18 routes 28Eagle River5.8–5.11c · boulders V1–V5 · Volcanic · Sport18 routes and boulders 29Crack in the Woods5.4–5.11d · Volcanic · Trad · Sport18 routes 30Glacier Creek Drainage and Snowbird Glacier5.0–5.11a · boulders V2–V6 · Granite · Trad17 routes and boulders 31Bird Creek BouldersV1–V5 · Conglomerate · Bouldering17 boulders 32North Fins5.9–5.12c · Trad · Sport15 routes 33Angel Creek Rocks5.5–5.10b · Gneiss · Trad15 routes 34South Gully5.7–5.12b · Trad · Sport14 routes 35Pipeline Area5.7–5.10d · Granodiorite · Trad12 routes 36Savage River5.5–5.10c · Volcanic · Trad · Top rope12 routes 37Anchor Point BoulderV2–V9 · Bouldering12 boulders 38Fairangel Walls5.7–5.12c · Granite · Trad · Sport11 routes 39Service Boulder, Anchorage, AKV0–V8 · Volcanic · Bouldering11 boulders 40The Tree Fort Area and Glak’s Place5.5–5.10c · Volcanic · Sport10 routes 41Black Rapids BoulderingV0–V4 · Volcanic · Bouldering10 boulders 42TatlanikaV0–V8 · Conglomerate · Bouldering10 boulders 43The Wedge5.8–5.11a · Volcanic · Trad · Sport10 routes 44Boy Scout Rocks5.2–5.10c · Volcanic · Trad · Top rope10 routes 45Tee Harbor5.7–5.13b · Volcanic · Sport9 routes 46Woznesensky Glacier5.6–5.11c · Sport9 routes 47Thompson Pass5.0–5.7 · Conglomerate · Trad8 routes 48Bowl BouldersV0–V5 · Volcanic · Bouldering8 boulders 49Denali National Park5.0–5.8 · Trad8 routes 50Byers Lake5.9–5.11a · Trad · Top rope8 routes 51Ruth Gorge5.10b–5.11c · Trad8 routes 52Kachemak Crack (Aka Rusty's Lagoon)5.7–5.12c · Volcanic · Trad7 routes 53Chickaloon BouldersV5–V10 · Sandstone · Bouldering7 boulders 54Dyea5.7–5.10c · Trad7 routes 55Lane Prospect Area5.8–5.11d · Granite · Trad6 routes 56Skilak Lake5.7–5.14a · Volcanic · Top rope · Sport6 routes 57Nature Trail AreaV0–V4 · Granodiorite · Bouldering6 boulders 58Gulkana and College GlacierV0–V2 · Bouldering6 boulders 59Thumb Cove5.8–5.10c · Basalt · Trad6 routes 60Tanana River Bluffs5.8–5.11d · Gneiss · Trad · Sport6 routes 61Rock Creek BoulderingV2–V5 · Conglomerate · Bouldering6 boulders 62Nome-Teller Highway BoulderingV2–V3 · Limestone · Bouldering5 boulders 63Sky Pilot BoulderingV2–V3 · Bouldering5 boulders 64Monolith AreaV0–V4 · Granite · Bouldering5 boulders 65Finger5.4–5.10b · boulders V4 · Granodiorite · Trad · Bouldering5 routes and boulders 66Lower Reed Valley Bouldering5.6–5.11c · boulders V0+ · Granodiorite · Trad · Sport5 routes and boulders 67Mile High Wall5.10c–5.11c · boulders V6–V7 · Granodiorite · Trad · Bouldering5 routes and boulders 68Ketchikan5.5–5.10a · Sport · Trad4 routes 69Chilkat State Park5.7–5.9 · Volcanic · Sport4 routes 70Powerline BouldersV0–V7 · Volcanic · Bouldering4 boulders 71Fairangel Valley AreaV1–V8 · Granite · Bouldering4 boulders 72Stikine Ice Cap5.8–5.10a · Trad3 routes 73Tee Harbor BouldersVolcanic3 routes 74Yukon River/Rapids area5.9–5.10c · Conglomerate · Top rope3 routes 75Weiner Lake BoulderingV7–V9 · Conglomerate · Bouldering3 boulders 76Deep Water Bay5.9–5.11a · boulders V6 · Volcanic · Trad · Bouldering3 routes and boulders 77Hope/Sunrise BoulderingV2–V3 · Volcanic · Bouldering3 boulders 78Downtown Juneau - Mount Maria5.7–5.10a · Top rope · Sport3 routes 79Girdwood- Ryan's Rip5.6–5.8 · Conglomerate · Sport · Top rope3 routes 80Goat Rock5.0–5.6 · Volcanic · Trad2 routes 81Amalga Harbor5.8–5.10c · Volcanic · Trad2 routes 82Dragonfly CreekV3 · Volcanic · Bouldering2 boulders 83Anchorage & South Central Alaska Ice5.8 · Volcanic · Trad2 routes 84East Twin Peak5.0 · Volcanic · Trad2 routes 85Misty Fiords National Monument5.6–5.8 · Trad2 routes 86College Glacier2 routes 87Resurrection Bay5.1–5.6 · Conglomerate · Trad2 routes 88Boulder PointV6 · Volcanic · Bouldering2 boulders 89Mount Prindle5.8–5.9 · Trad2 routes 90Indianhouse Area5.9–5.10d · Trad2 routes 91West Twin Peak5.0 · Volcanic · Trad1 route 92Middle Triple Peak1 route 93Pinnacle area5.0 · Granite · Trad1 route 94Dino RockVolcanic1 route 95Arctic National Wildlife Refuge5.0 · Conglomerate · Trad1 route 96Lower Reed Lake BouldersV0+ · Granodiorite · Bouldering1 boulder 97Barbara FallsVolcanic1 route 98O'Malley Peak5.0 · Volcanic · Trad1 route 99Mint Area5.6 · Granodiorite · Trad1 route 100Homer Spit Boulders1 route

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