Cordada
Climbing › United States › California › New Directions
// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at New Directions

50 routes on 11 walls, 5.6–5.12b. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
50
Walls
11
Grades
5.6–5.12b
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Sport · Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–May · October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.6 to 5.12b. Half are between 5.9 and 5.10d.

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 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest11 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: March–May · 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
01Rusty Nail AreaSW · 230° · 5.7–5.12b10 routes
02Middle CliffSW · 246° · 5.9–5.11d8 routes
03Nowhere ManSW · 234° · 5.9–5.11d7 routes
04The GlobuleSW · 237° · 5.8–5.11c4 routes
05One Minute Walk RockSW · 242° · 5.7–5.10b4 routes
06Parking Lot RockSW · 233° · 5.9–5.11d4 routes
07The AsylumSW · 245° · 5.10c–5.10d3 routes
08Little RockSW · 234° · 5.7–5.11a3 routes
09The MorgueSW · 233° · 5.9–5.10d3 routes
10Heart RockSW · 244° · 5.9–5.10a2 routes
11New Directions CliffSW · 237° · 5.6–5.72 routes

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.

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play