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// Rock climbing · Colorado

Climbing at Longmont Reservoir Area (aka Buttonrock)

47 routes on 7 walls, 5.3–5.14a. In Colorado. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
47
Walls
7
Grades
5.3–5.14a
Rock
Granite
Style
Sport · Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.3 to 5.14a. Half are between 5.9 and 5.12b.

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 south-facing: sun for much of the day. A winter crag; in summer, go early or late.

North1 sectorNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast1 sectorSouth0 sectorsSouthwest4 sectorsWest1 sectorNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: March–June · 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 7 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01River Wall IISW · 213° · 5.7–5.14a19 routes
02Buick Rocks and Hitler's Sex LifeW · 262° · 5.7–5.11a10 routes
03The BulletSE · 150° · 5.10c–5.12c6 routes
04Entryway SlabsN · 356° · 5.3–5.84 routes
05Old Yellar DomeSW · 207° · 5.12d–5.13b4 routes
06Rock Of All Ages BoulderSW · 224° · V1–V23 boulders
07Tigers in LipstickSW · 224° · 5.91 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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