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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at Alabama Hills South

61 routes on 11 walls, 5.6–5.11a. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
61
Walls
11
Grades
5.6–5.11a
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Sport · Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.6 to 5.11a. Half are between 5.7 and 5.10a.

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.

North2 sectorsNortheast3 sectorsEast2 sectorsSoutheast1 sectorSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest1 sector

Estimated best season: March–May · September–October. 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 11 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Tenacious D wallNE · 60° · 5.7–5.10d9 routes
02Arizona Dome5.6–5.98 routes
03The PenguinsE · 106° · 5.6–5.10b8 routes
04Earthday and Munge DomesSE · 123° · 5.6–5.97 routes
05South ParkNE · 50° · 5.6–5.10b7 routes
06Southern BlondeNW · 295° · 5.8–5.10b7 routes
07Alabama DomeN · 9° · 5.9–5.11a5 routes
08Hell WallE · 80° · 5.9–5.10c3 routes
09Southern Arizona5.8–5.10a3 routes
10Horse Apple TowerN · 9° · 5.9–5.10c2 routes
11The OasisNE · 57° · 5.7–5.82 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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