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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at Northern Area Bouldering

34 boulders on 16 walls, V0–V7. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
34
Walls
16
Grades
V0–V7
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
March–May · October–November
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V7. Half are between V0 and V3.

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.

North1 sectorNortheast0 sectorsEast1 sectorSoutheast1 sectorSouth3 sectorsSouthwest8 sectorsWest2 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 16 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Butcher AreaE · 88° · V0–V37 boulders
02Red Baron BoulderSW · 240° · V0+–V13 boulders
03Topaz Hill BouldersSW · 228° · V2–V33 boulders
04Beef Boy BoulderSW · 219° · V42 boulders
05Beer BoulderW · 257° · V72 boulders
06The Hollow BoulderS · 194° · V02 boulders
07Mexican Hat DanceSE · 153° · V22 boulders
08Quartz Stripe BoulderSW · 214° · V02 boulders
09Richard's Face BoulderW · 249° · V0–V32 boulders
10Solaire BoulderN · 346° · V62 boulders
11Trail Loop BouldersS · 182° · V0–V12 boulders
12The Allegory BoulderSW · 240° · V51 boulder
13Apex BoulderSW · 206° · V31 boulder
14Baby Spiders BoulderSW · 212° · V01 boulder
15Honeycomb BoulderS · 165° · V0+1 boulder
16Pressure Point BoulderSW · 207°1 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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