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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at P. Cathedral Area

84 routes on 6 walls, 5.6–5.13b. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
84
Walls
6
Grades
5.6–5.13b
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Trad
Best season (estimated)
April–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.6 to 5.13b. Half are between 5.9 and 5.11a.

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.

North2 sectorsNortheast1 sectorEast2 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest1 sector

Estimated best season: April–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 6 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
016. Middle Cathedral RockE · 85° · 5.7–5.13b52 routes
025. Higher Cathedral RockE · 102° · 5.8–5.12b17 routes
033. Higher Cathedral SpireNW · 331° · 5.8–5.13a6 routes
044. Lower Cathedral SpireN · 351° · 5.9–5.11c6 routes
052. Church TowerN · 2° · 5.6–5.72 routes
061. Phantom PinnacleNE · 61° · 5.91 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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