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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at Painted Cave Area

17 boulders on 4 walls, V1–V7. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
17
Walls
4
Grades
V1–V7
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
April–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V1 to V7. Half are between V3 and V6.

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 east-facing: morning sun, afternoon shade.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast4 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

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

// From the air

Painted Cave Area from above

Aerial photo of the Painted Cave Area area
4 walls in this area. Each one, with its approach and topo, in the app. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map (public domain).
// Where it is

On the map

Painted Cave AreaUSGS
CALIFORNIA · 188 CRAGS WITHIN 25 MI · Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map (public domain).
// 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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