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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at North of the Ridge

36 routes on 8 walls, 5.1–5.12a. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
36
Walls
8
Grades
5.1–5.12a
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.1 to 5.12a. Half are between 5.7 and 5.10a.

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 north-facing: shade for most of the day. A summer crag; cold in winter.

North4 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest2 sectorsNorthwest2 sectors

Estimated best season: March–May · 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 8 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Old Crafts TitN · 343° · 5.1–5.10c10 routes
02East Velveeta PointN · 342° · 5.1–5.10a6 routes
03ShortyN · 342° · 5.6–5.10c6 routes
045.8 WallW · 285° · 5.8–5.10a5 routes
05Party WallNW · 325° · 5.5–5.84 routes
06West Velveeta PointN · 344° · 5.10b–5.12a3 routes
07Building Block RockW · 257° · 5.91 route
08Grain Top PinnacleNW · 319° · 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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