Cordada
Climbing › United States › Colorado › North Rim Routes
// Rock climbing · Colorado

Climbing at North Rim Routes

96 routes on 11 walls, 5.7–5.13b. In Colorado. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
96
Walls
11
Grades
5.7–5.13b
Rock
Gneiss
Style
Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.7 to 5.13b. Half are between 5.10c and 5.12a.

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.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast1 sectorSoutheast1 sectorSouth7 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest2 sectorsNorthwest0 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 11 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01North Chasm View WallS · 188° · 5.9–5.13b34 routes
02SOB Gully (skier's left side)W · 279° · 5.8–5.12c18 routes
03AretesSE · 119° · 5.8–5.12c14 routes
04The Checkerboard WallS · 187° · 5.9–5.12b6 routes
05Guppy GullyE · 83° · 5.7–5.11a5 routes
06The Painted WallS · 197° · 5.9–5.11c · boulders V25 routes and boulders
07Prisoner of Your Hairdo GullyS · 197° · 5.10c–5.12a5 routes
08Long Draw areaW · 281° · 5.9–5.11d4 routes
09Below Checkerboard WallS · 197° · 5.9–5.11a2 routes
10Island Peaks OverlookS · 197° · 5.11c2 routes
11Grizzly Creek GullyS · 197° · 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.

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play