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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at Descanso Boulders

57 routes and boulders on 13 walls, V0–V5 · routes 5.8–5.11d. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes and boulders
57
Walls
13
Grades
V0–V5 · routes 5.8–5.11d
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
February–May · October–November
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.8 to 5.11d. Half are between 5.10b and 5.11c.

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 sectorsSouth13 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: February–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
01West BouldersS · 179° · V0+–V511 boulders
02Library BoulderS · 174° · V1–V410 boulders
03Dos Equis BoulderS · 185° · V0–V2 · routes 5.10b–5.11d9 routes and boulders
04Baked Potatoe RockS · 168° · 5.8–5.11d5 routes
05Vasa BoulderS · 171° · V2–V55 boulders
06Lone Wolf BoulderS · 178° · V2–V44 boulders
07Shipreck BoulderS · 172° · V03 boulders
08Event Horizon BoulderS · 167° · V1–V22 boulders
09Magellan BoulderS · 170° · V22 boulders
10Short Stack BoulderS · 181°2 routes
11Tsunami BoulderS · 174° · V32 boulders
12In Your Face BoulderS · 174°1 route
13Teapot BoulderS · 169°1 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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