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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at West Side

53 routes on 12 walls, 5.1–5.12b. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
53
Walls
12
Grades
5.1–5.12b
Rock
Rhyolite
Style
Sport · Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.1 to 5.12b. Half are between 5.6 and 5.10b.

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

Walls face several ways: pick the sector for sun or shade at any hour.

North1 sectorNortheast1 sectorEast0 sectorsSoutheast5 sectorsSouth1 sectorSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest4 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.

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 12 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01The BalconiesSE · 132° · 5.5–5.11a14 routes
02The Bouldering RockN · 1°10 routes
03Balconies BumpsNE · 46° · 5.7–5.10a4 routes
04The CitadelNW · 321° · 5.4–5.10c4 routes
05Elephant RockNW · 298° · 5.6–5.10a4 routes
06Chockstone DomeSE · 154° · 5.3–5.73 routes
07The Game ShowNW · 309° · 5.10b–5.12b3 routes
08Whitetail RockNW · 322° · 5.9–5.10c3 routes
09Hummingbird SpireSE · 132° · 5.5–5.72 routes
10OsirisSE · 147° · 5.4–5.10a2 routes
11Passion Play AreaS · 192° · 5.5–5.72 routes
12Smiling SimianSE · 156° · 5.1–5.82 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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