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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at Main Ridge Pinnacles

57 routes on 17 walls, 5.7–5.12c. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
57
Walls
17
Grades
5.7–5.12c
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Sport · Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–May · October–November
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.7 to 5.12c. Half are between 5.8 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

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

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth9 sectorsSouthwest8 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 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.

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 17 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Boiler PinnacleSW · 212° · 5.7–5.10b6 routes
02Pinnacle 2S · 185° · 5.8–5.11a6 routes
03Radon PinnacleS · 201° · 5.10a–5.12c6 routes
04Trading Post PinnacleS · 200° · 5.8–5.10c6 routes
05The TubSW · 214° · 5.9–5.11d5 routes
06Pinnacle 1S · 185° · 5.9–5.11d4 routes
07Pinnacle 3S · 178° · 5.8–5.10a4 routes
08Grain Fed WallSW · 210° · 5.7–5.10a3 routes
09Moonlight PinnacleSW · 210° · 5.7–5.83 routes
10Pinnacle 6SW · 210° · 5.8–5.10a3 routes
11Snake Pit Buttress and Windy PinnacleS · 195° · 5.7–5.10b3 routes
12Longbow PinnacleS · 178° · 5.9–5.10b2 routes
13TitanicSW · 204° · 5.11a–5.11c2 routes
14Fly PinnacleSW · 221° · 5.10c1 route
15Pinnacle 4S · 178° · 5.10a1 route
16Pinnacle 5S · 199° · 5.81 route
17Pinnacle CosisSW · 221° · 5.81 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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