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// Rock climbing · Colorado

Climbing at The Bank

345 routes on 15 walls, 5.5–5.13a. In Colorado. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

See the Friction Score in the app The grades

Routes

345

Walls

Grades

5.5–5.13a

Rock

Limestone

Style

Sport

Best season (estimated)

March–June · September–October

// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.5 to 5.13a. Half are between 5.9 and 5.11a.

120

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 sectorsNortheast2 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth2 sectorsSouthwest11 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 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.

South-facing wall

S · aspect 180°

Example

Excellent

★ best at 6 PM

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57°

Temp

41%

Humidity

Wind

Sun

Wall

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 15 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES

01Quarry Wall at the BankSW · 214° · 5.6–5.11c91 routes

0201. Piggy BankSW · 220° · 5.6–5.12d58 routes

03Cactus Rose CliffNE · 61° · 5.9–5.12c34 routes

0402. Bank RobS · 192° · 5.5–5.10d19 routes

0510. 2150 WallSW · 228° · 5.7–5.12b19 routes

0603. Machine Gun KellySW · 217° · 5.8–5.12a16 routes

0707. Back To The FutureSW · 223° · 5.8–5.12d16 routes

0808. Lesser Of Two EvilsSW · 214° · 5.7–5.11a16 routes

09Peg Leg WallNE · 49° · 5.7–5.13a16 routes

1005. Thunder TacticsSW · 231° · 5.9–5.12c15 routes

1106. Surreal EstateSW · 229° · 5.10a–5.13a14 routes

1209. Ethics? What Ethics?SW · 229° · 5.5–5.11a11 routes

1304. Dave DangleSW · 229° · 5.10c–5.12d8 routes

1411. Toasty CornerSW · 214° · 5.7–5.10a8 routes

1512. BeijingS · 190° · 5.7–5.10c4 routes

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

// Nearby

Crags nearby

01The Bank Wash BouldersV0–V5 · Limestone · Bouldering0 mi · 24 boulders 02The Vault5.8–5.13a · Limestone · Sport0 mi · 37 routes 03Cash Wall5.6–5.13b · Limestone · Sport0 mi · 15 routes 04Cactus Cliff5.5–5.14b · Limestone · Sport1 mi · 157 routes 05The Bach Block5.7–5.10c · Limestone · Sport1 mi · 12 routes 06The Dark Side5.8–5.12d · Limestone · Sport1 mi · 67 routes 07Spiney Ridge5.8–5.12c · Limestone · Sport1 mi · 34 routes 08The Gym5.6–5.13c · Limestone · Sport1 mi · 83 routes

// 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.