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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at Benton Crags

49 routes on 8 walls, 5.3–5.11a. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
49
Walls
8
Grades
5.3–5.11a
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Trad · Sport
Best season (estimated)
March–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.3 to 5.11a. Half are between 5.8 and 5.10b.

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 sectorsNortheast1 sectorEast1 sectorSoutheast2 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest1 sectorWest3 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

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 8 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Locals Only RockW · 285° · 5.3–5.10b11 routes
02Corral (and Double Dome)NE · 44° · 5.7–5.10b8 routes
03Clock RockE · 108° · 5.8–5.11a7 routes
04Lost Piton RockSE · 142° · 5.8–5.10c7 routes
05Crocodile RockW · 257° · 5.7–5.10c6 routes
06Wave RockSE · 137° · 5.8–5.10b5 routes
07Psycho Killer RockW · 269° · 5.6–5.10a4 routes
08Olduvai RockSW · 227° · 5.10c1 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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