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// Rock climbing · Colorado

Climbing at The Dark Side

40 boulders on 10 walls, V0–V12. In Colorado. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
40
Walls
10
Grades
V0–V12
Rock
Gneiss
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
April–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V12. Half are between V2 and V6.

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 north-facing: shade for most of the day. A summer crag; cold in winter.

North1 sectorNortheast9 sectorsEast0 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 10 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Nook's RockN · 20° · V0–V1210 boulders
02Jim Hall BoulderNE · 47° · V0–V77 boulders
03Creep BoulderNE · 57° · V1–V65 boulders
04Incuts OverhangNE · 47° · V4–V75 boulders
05Cryptic BoulderNE · 43° · V4–V73 boulders
06Stage BoulderNE · 47° · V0–V43 boulders
07Pawn BoulderNE · 61° · V4–V52 boulders
08Slot Overhang BoulderNE · 47° · V62 boulders
09That Flakes It OverhangNE · 47° · V1–V42 boulders
10HOH OverhangNE · 47° · V51 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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