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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at The Benches

110 routes on 16 walls, 5.5–5.13b. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
110
Walls
16
Grades
5.5–5.13b
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Sport
Best season (estimated)
March–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.5 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.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast1 sectorSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest1 sectorNorthwest14 sectors

Estimated best season: March–June · 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 16 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Steel Monkey WallNW · 307° · 5.6–5.13b13 routes
02Fast Food WallNW · 295° · 5.10c–5.11d12 routes
03Slide WallNW · 296° · 5.6–5.10d10 routes
04The Bear's LairW · 286° · 5.9–5.12c8 routes
05The FortressNW · 305° · 5.10c–5.12c8 routes
06Pebble BeachNW · 298° · 5.5–5.10c8 routes
07The MoonNW · 303° · 5.9–5.11a7 routes
08Camo CragSE · 151° · 5.10c–5.11d6 routes
09ChalkporiumNW · 298° · 5.8–5.10d6 routes
10The Dollar StoreNW · 295° · 5.7–5.11a6 routes
11The Negativity CaveNW · 304° · 5.8–5.12a6 routes
12Elder WallNW · 299° · 5.9–5.11a5 routes
13ThunderdomeNW · 315° · 5.11a–5.12c5 routes
14Lightning Bolt CragNW · 301° · 5.9–5.11d4 routes
15Negativity SlabsNW · 303° · 5.8–5.10c4 routes
16The Sun BenchNW · 313° · 5.10a–5.10d2 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.

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