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// Rock climbing · Alaska

Climbing at Valdez Area Rock

210 routes on 20 walls, 5.0–5.12c. In Alaska. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
210
Walls
20
Grades
5.0–5.12c
Rock
Conglomerate
Style
Sport · Trad
Best season (estimated)
May–September
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.0 to 5.12c. Half are between 5.7 and 5.10d.

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.

North0 sectorsNortheast4 sectorsEast3 sectorsSoutheast1 sectorSouth8 sectorsSouthwest1 sectorWest2 sectorsNorthwest0 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

// Where it is

On the map

Thompson Pass43 mile cragValdez Area RockALASKA · 2 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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