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// Rock climbing · Colorado

Climbing at Fortress of Solitude

20 routes on 3 walls, 5.10d–5.14b. In Colorado. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
20
Walls
3
Grades
5.10d–5.14b
Rock
Conglomerate
Style
Sport
Best season (estimated)
April–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.10d to 5.14b. Half are between 5.12b and 5.13b.

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 west-facing: morning shade, afternoon sun.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest1 sectorWest2 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 3 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01West Wall: Pummeling Sector and the GothodromeW · 250° · 5.10d–5.13d9 routes
02East Walls/Bat CaveW · 250° · 5.12a–5.14b7 routes
03Metropolis SectorSW · 219° · 5.12c–5.13b4 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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