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// Rock climbing · Arizona

Climbing at Queen Creek Canyon

161 routes on 13 walls, 5.3–5.13d. In Arizona. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
161
Walls
13
Grades
5.3–5.13d
Rock
Basalt
Style
Sport
Best season (estimated)
March–May · October–November
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.3 to 5.13d. Half are between 5.7 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

Mostly north-facing: shade for most of the day. A summer crag; cold in winter.

North7 sectorsNortheast1 sectorEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth2 sectorsSouthwest2 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest1 sector

Estimated best season: March–May · October–November. 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 13 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01The PondS · 179° · 5.5–5.13d80 routes
02Little England WallN · 349° · 5.4–5.11a20 routes
03Old Tunnel AreaSW · 219° · 5.5–5.12a15 routes
04Apache LeapSW · 218° · 5.3–5.10c10 routes
05Oak Flat BoulderingN · 341° · V2–V88 boulders
06Renaissance TowerS · 164° · 5.6–5.10a5 routes
07Sunday School Wall (Right)N · 341° · 5.7–5.11a5 routes
08The Queen ScepterN · 341° · 5.10b–5.12c4 routes
09EurovisionNE · 51° · 5.8–5.12a3 routes
10Sunburn CragN · 341° · 5.10c–5.11a3 routes
11Sunday School Wall (Left)N · 341° · 5.8–5.11a3 routes
12Z-Bop AreaNW · 298° · 5.5–5.10d3 routes
13Wounded Knee WallN · 341° · 5.6–5.82 routes

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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