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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at Indian Cove Campground

234 routes on 25 walls, 5.1–5.12b. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

See the Friction Score in the app The grades

Routes

234

Walls

Grades

5.1–5.12b

Rock

Granodiorite

Style

Trad

Best season (estimated)

March–May · October–November

// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.1 to 5.12b. Half are between 5.7 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.

North6 sectorsNortheast3 sectorsEast3 sectorsSoutheast2 sectorsSouth5 sectorsSouthwest2 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest2 sectors

Estimated best season: March–May · October–November. Worked out from each wall's aspect and the latitude; the app fine-tunes it with what climbers log.

South-facing wall

S · aspect 180°

Example

Excellent

★ best at 6 PM

12a6a12p6p11p

57°

Temp

41%

Humidity

Wind

Sun

Wall

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 25 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES

01Indian Palisades CorridorE · 70° · 5.6–5.10b17 routes

02King Otto's CastleSE · 113° · 5.6–5.12b17 routes

03Billboard ButtressN · 353° · 5.3–5.11c · boulders V116 routes and boulders

04Moosedog TowerSW · 208° · 5.6–5.10c16 routes

05Morbid MoundSE · 122° · 5.1–5.11a16 routes

06Spider WallE · 94° · 5.1–5.10c15 routes

07Circle CragN · 9° · 5.3–5.11a12 routes

08Corona/Dos Equis WallS · 168° · 5.7–5.12b12 routes

09Pixie RockNE · 45° · 5.5–5.11c12 routes

10Nature Trail WallN · 9° · 5.2–5.10c11 routes

11Wonder BluffsNE · 51° · 5.7–5.10b11 routes

12Varnished WallN · 343° · 5.6–5.11a10 routes

13The Bilbo ButtressesNW · 311° · 5.5–5.11c9 routes

14Jailhouse RockNW · 295° · 5.1–5.10b9 routes

15Willit PillarS · 187° · 5.6–5.10d9 routes

16Clump CanyonE · 87° · 5.4–5.10a8 routes

17Condor RockN · 8° · 5.8–5.12a8 routes

18N00b Rock5.4–5.85 routes

19Center CragNE · 54° · 5.8–5.11a4 routes

20Dark Shadows RockS · 163° · 5.9–5.11a4 routes

21Iron Hand RockN · 9° · 5.2–5.10d3 routes

22Palmreader WallS · 169° · 5.8–5.10c3 routes

23Roadside SlabSW · 225° · 5.2–5.10b3 routes

24The ToothS · 196° · 5.1–5.10d3 routes

25Cramer's Corner5.41 route

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

// Nearby

Crags nearby

01Indian Cove CampgroundV0–V7 · Bouldering0 mi · 33 boulders 02Campfire Crag Area5.6–5.12c · Granodiorite · Trad0 mi · 48 routes 03Group Campsite 15.1–5.10a · Granodiorite · Trad · Sport0 mi · 22 routes 04Hodgepodge Rock5.4–5.12a · Granodiorite · Trad · Sport0 mi · 20 routes 05Varnished Wall BouldersV0–V2 · Bouldering0 mi · 7 boulders 06Feudal Wall5.2–5.12a · Trad0 mi · 43 routes 07Apparition Rock5.2–5.10a · Trad · Sport0 mi · 12 routes 08Short Wall5.0–5.11d · Trad0 mi · 31 routes

// 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.