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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at The Dead Zone

37 routes on 5 walls, 5.8–5.13a. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
37
Walls
5
Grades
5.8–5.13a
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Sport
Best season (estimated)
April–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.8 to 5.13a. Half are between 5.9 and 5.11d.

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 sectorsNortheast1 sectorEast0 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

// Walls

The 5 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01The TombNE · 37° · 5.8–5.11d14 routes
02The Launch PadN · 350° · 5.8–5.13a11 routes
03The Apostle PillarsN · 13° · 5.10a–5.13a7 routes
04ShipwreckN · 5° · 5.9–5.11a3 routes
05Canyon CragsN · 20° · 5.9–5.10c2 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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