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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at Cow Skull Boulders

27 boulders on 11 walls, V0–V5. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
27
Walls
11
Grades
V0–V5
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
March–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V5. Half are between V1 and V3.

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 south-facing: sun for much of the day. A winter crag; in summer, go early or late.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth4 sectorsSouthwest6 sectorsWest1 sectorNorthwest0 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 11 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Cow Skull #6SW · 219° · V0–V34 boulders
02Cow Skull #9S · 169° · V0–V14 boulders
03Cow Skull #1SW · 212° · V23 boulders
04Cow Skull #2SW · 216° · V13 boulders
05Cow Skull #4SW · 228° · V1–V33 boulders
06The Millennial BoulderW · 250° · V3 · routes 5.12d3 routes and boulders
07Cow Skull #3SW · 223° · V0+–V12 boulders
08The TombstoneS · 166° · V22 boulders
09Cow Pile BoulderS · 178° · V11 boulder
10The PinwormSW · 230° · V41 boulder
11The PotatoS · 169° · V51 boulder

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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