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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at The Valley of Kings

25 routes on 11 walls, 5.7–5.12d. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
25
Walls
11
Grades
5.7–5.12d
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–May · September–November
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.7 to 5.12d. Half are between 5.10a 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 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth1 sectorSouthwest0 sectorsWest1 sectorNorthwest7 sectors

Estimated best season: March–May · September–November. 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 11 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01The Lynch CragS · 165° · 5.9–5.11d4 routes
02The Trad CragNW · 334° · 5.7–5.10d4 routes
03The ArrowheadNW · 328° · 5.10a–5.12a3 routes
04Featherless Peacock CragN · 0° · 5.10b–5.11a3 routes
05Slatanic AreaW · 254° · 5.10b–5.12d3 routes
06The CraniumNW · 322° · 5.10a–5.11a2 routes
07The HelmetN · 359° · 5.8–5.12a2 routes
08Approach BouldersNW · 322° · 5.81 route
09The Cartesian TheaterNW · 322° · 5.10b1 route
10The Corrugated WallNW · 293° · 5.12a1 route
11The Grand FuquaNW · 322° · 5.10c1 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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