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// Rock climbing · Alaska

Climbing at Mendenhall Towers

21 routes on 8 walls, 5.0–5.12a. In Alaska. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
21
Walls
8
Grades
5.0–5.12a
Style
Trad
Best season (estimated)
May–September
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.0 to 5.12a. Half are between 5.8 and 5.11a.

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.

North2 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast1 sectorSoutheast1 sectorSouth1 sectorSouthwest0 sectorsWest2 sectorsNorthwest1 sector

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 8 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
013rd Tower - MainN · 5° · 5.6–5.12a6 routes
021st Tower - West TowerS · 201° · 5.8–5.11c5 routes
035th TowerE · 71° · 5.8–5.10d3 routes
044th TowerW · 278° · 5.11a–5.11c2 routes
056th TowerNW · 319° · 5.8–5.11c2 routes
062nd Tower - MidgetW · 277° · 5.01 route
077th TowerN · 344° · 5.01 route
08Base Area and Single PitchSE · 138° · 5.11a1 route

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

Amalga HarborTee HarborTee Harbor BouldersJuneauDowntown Juneau - Mount MariaNorth FinsSouth GullyMendenhall TowersALASKA · 7 CRAGS WITHIN 25 MIBoundaries © Natural Earth
// 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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