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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at Cave Valley (aka Auburn Quarry)

64 routes on 9 walls, 5.6–5.13a. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
64
Walls
9
Grades
5.6–5.13a
Rock
Schist
Style
Sport
Best season (estimated)
April–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.6 to 5.13a. Half are between 5.9 and 5.11c.

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.

North4 sectorsNortheast1 sectorEast1 sectorSoutheast1 sectorSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest2 sectors

Estimated best season: April–June · 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 9 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Wreckage WallN · 340° · 5.7–5.12c17 routes
02Twin TowersNW · 328° · 5.9–5.12a13 routes
03Horseshoe CanyonN · 338° · 5.6–5.12c10 routes
04Memorial WallN · 16° · 5.7–5.11c · boulders V39 routes and boulders
05Scale WallN · 6° · 5.6–5.11c9 routes
06The PatioE · 111° · 5.11a2 routes
07Tilting Vortex WallSE · 115° · 5.8–5.10a2 routes
08Horsepoo CanyonNW · 327° · 5.13a1 route
09Surf TowerNE · 66° · 5.10d1 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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