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// Rock climbing · Alaska

Climbing at Independence Mine Bouldering and Climbing

69 routes and boulders on 14 walls, 5.6–5.11d · boulders V0–V8. In Alaska. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes and boulders
69
Walls
14
Grades
5.6–5.11d · boulders V0–V8
Rock
Granite
Style
Trad · Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
May–September
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.6 to 5.11d. Half are between 5.9 and 5.10d.

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V8. Half are between V1 and V6.

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

Walls face several ways: pick the sector for sun or shade at any hour.

North1 sectorNortheast0 sectorsEast4 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth1 sectorSouthwest0 sectorsWest1 sectorNorthwest7 sectors

Estimated best season: May–September. Worked out from each wall's aspect and the latitude; the app fine-tunes it with what climbers log.

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 14 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Ramparts WallE · 91° · 5.8–5.10d14 routes
02Renaissance WallE · 103° · 5.8–5.11d10 routes
03Independence CragE · 112° · 5.9–5.11d9 routes
04The MineW · 263° · 5.8–5.11a9 routes
05Captain Kaboom BouldersNW · 313° · V0–V66 boulders
06Moai WallN · 358° · 5.6–5.10a4 routes
07Black Face BoulderNW · 301° · V2–V33 boulders
08Crucifix BoulderNW · 313° · V5–V73 boulders
09King Louie BoulderE · 92° · V0–V33 boulders
10Phantasia BouldersNW · 313° · V6–V73 boulders
11The Red Scare BoulderNW · 313° · V6–V82 boulders
12Gold Cord LakeS · 197° · 5.10c1 route
13Such AwesomeNW · 313° · V51 boulder
14Upper Tier wallsNW · 313° · 5.61 route

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

// Nearby

Crags nearby

// 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.

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