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// Rock climbing · Colorado

Climbing at Rising Sun Area

47 boulders on 23 walls, V0–V4. In Colorado. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
47
Walls
23
Grades
V0–V4
Rock
Sandstone
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
April–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V4. Half are between V1 and V3.

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 east-facing: morning sun, afternoon shade.

North0 sectorsNortheast10 sectorsEast13 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: April–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 23 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Fissionary BlockNE · 64° · V0–V46 boulders
02Breaker BoulderNE · 64° · V2–V45 boulders
03Tres Huecos BoulderE · 72° · V2–V34 boulders
04Campy RockNE · 52° · V1–V33 boulders
05Regal RockE · 68° · V1–V33 boulders
06Bedspring BoulderE · 76° · V22 boulders
07Bringer BoulderE · 76° · V12 boulders
08Degust StoneE · 69° · V2–V32 boulders
09Fabled StoneE · 70° · V1–V22 boulders
10Something Something BoulderNE · 59° · V0–V0+2 boulders
11Spirit BoulderE · 77° · V0–V42 boulders
12Two Hueco BoulderE · 79° · V32 boulders
13Wit RockNE · 67°2 routes
14Ante Meridiem RockNE · 63° · V21 boulder
15Christening RockE · 73°1 route
16Elected Quitter StoneNE · 59° · V11 boulder
17Oft Ox BoulderNE · 55° · V11 boulder
18Primordial StoneE · 73° · V31 boulder
19Rising Sun RockNE · 57° · V31 boulder
20Skeedlebop BoulderNE · 59°1 route
21Tio StoneE · 73°1 route
22Vandelay BoulderE · 74°1 route
23Wax On BoulderE · 70° · V41 boulder

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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