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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at The Octagon Area

25 boulders on 6 walls, V0+–V9. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
25
Walls
6
Grades
V0+–V9
Rock
Gneiss
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
March–May · October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0+ to V9. Half are between V1 and V7.

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.

North1 sectorNortheast4 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest1 sector

Estimated best season: March–May · 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
01The Octagon North FaceNE · 66° · V1–V98 boulders
02The Octagon South FaceNE · 66° · V0+–V48 boulders
03The Octagon East FaceNE · 66° · V3–V54 boulders
04The CathedralNW · 305° · V72 boulders
05The Flying ChosserNE · 46° · V22 boulders
06The Dead BatteryN · 14°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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