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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at Donner Summit

154 routes on 20 walls, 5.2–5.14b. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
154
Walls
20
Grades
5.2–5.14b
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Sport · Trad
Best season (estimated)
April–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.2 to 5.14b. Half are between 5.9 and 5.11a.

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 east-facing: morning sun, afternoon shade.

North1 sectorNortheast4 sectorsEast10 sectorsSoutheast5 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 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 20 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Green Phantom RockNE · 53° · 5.5–5.10d20 routes
02South Star WallSE · 132° · 5.10b–5.14b20 routes
03North Star WallSE · 138° · 5.6–5.11c11 routes
04The Road CutE · 91° · 5.10a–5.13b11 routes
05Space WallE · 85° · 5.6–5.12b10 routes
06Lake Angela CliffsE · 90° · 5.10b–5.13b9 routes
07Train Time WallN · 16° · 5.7–5.11a9 routes
08Cuckoo's NestNE · 44° · 5.9–5.12c8 routes
09Stealth WallE · 109° · 5.8–5.11d8 routes
10Goldilocks WallE · 85° · 5.10a–5.12c7 routes
11Baboon CragSE · 124° · 5.8–5.11c6 routes
12The PerchE · 84° · 5.7–5.10b6 routes
13Dragon's NestNE · 46° · 5.8–5.10c5 routes
14Shark WallE · 105° · 5.9–5.11a5 routes
15Bastille (aka Nursery School) SlabSE · 120° · 5.2–5.44 routes
16Freeway SlabE · 103° · 5.6–5.10c4 routes
17Gemstone WallSE · 137° · 5.11a–5.12d4 routes
18Lower SlabsNE · 66° · 5.7–5.84 routes
19Hidden WallE · 101° · 5.9–5.10c2 routes
20Sun WallE · 107° · 5.71 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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