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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at Upper Gorge

234 routes on 22 walls, 5.6–5.13c. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

See the Friction Score in the app The grades

Routes

234

Walls

Grades

5.6–5.13c

Rock

Rhyolite

Style

Sport

Best season (estimated)

March–May · September–October

// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.6 to 5.13c. Half are between 5.10a 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.

North2 sectorsNortheast10 sectorsEast1 sectorSoutheast1 sectorSouth0 sectorsSouthwest1 sectorWest4 sectorsNorthwest3 sectors

Estimated best season: March–May · September–October. Worked out from each wall's aspect and the latitude; the app fine-tunes it with what climbers log.

South-facing wall

S · aspect 180°

Example

Excellent

★ best at 6 PM

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57°

Temp

41%

Humidity

Wind

Sun

Wall

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 22 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES

01DihedralsNW · 299° · 5.6–5.12d27 routes

02Gotham CityW · 262° · 5.9–5.13b21 routes

03Lower Elbow RoomSW · 224° · 5.7–5.13b21 routes

04Holy TrinityNE · 54° · 5.9–5.13b17 routes

05Gorgeous TowersNE · 43° · 5.9–5.12a16 routes

06All You Can EatNE · 58° · 5.6–5.13a15 routes

07Flavin HavenSE · 137° · 5.9–5.11d14 routes

08Cracked TowersW · 257° · 5.7–5.12c12 routes

09Upper Elbow RoomNE · 50° · 5.6–5.12c12 routes

10Triple Play CliffNE · 46° · 5.7–5.11a11 routes

11Franklin's TowerW · 285° · 5.9–5.13c8 routes

12Middle Elbow RoomNW · 320° · 5.9–5.11a8 routes

13Trestle WallNE · 49° · 5.10b–5.13b8 routes

14Underground CliffNW · 297° · 5.10b–5.11d8 routes

15Failsafe WallNE · 50° · 5.10b–5.12b7 routes

16Warm Out WallN · 8° · 5.8–5.11d7 routes

17SanitariumNE · 50° · 5.11a–5.13c6 routes

18Junior AreaN · 340° · 5.10c–5.12a5 routes

19Joe's GarageE · 75° · 5.12b–5.13a4 routes

20The BasementNE · 50° · 5.9–5.12d3 routes

21ICBM TowerW · 259° · 5.12a–5.12b2 routes

22Mini ButtressNE · 53° · 5.9–5.11a2 routes

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

// Nearby

Crags nearby

01North Gorge5.9–5.12b · Rhyolite · Sport0 mi · 12 routes 02Inner Gorge5.7–5.13d · Rhyolite · Sport0 mi · 223 routes 03Central Gorge5.6–5.13d · Rhyolite · Sport1 mi · 282 routes 04Lower Gorge5.3–5.13d · Rhyolite · Sport2 mi · 156 routes 05Sub Gorge5.8–5.12b · Rhyolite · Sport2 mi · 28 routes 06Lower Rock Creek Wall5.10c · Rhyolite · Sport2 mi · 2 routes 07Casa Diablo BoulderingV1–V6 · Granodiorite · Bouldering4 mi · 5 boulders 08Casa Diablo Mountain5.4–5.12a · Granodiorite · Sport4 mi · 30 routes

// 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.