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// Rock climbing · Colorado

Climbing at The Monastery

101 routes on 6 walls, 5.1–5.14b. In Colorado. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
101
Walls
6
Grades
5.1–5.14b
Rock
Gneiss
Style
Sport
Best season (estimated)
March–May · October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.1 to 5.14b. Half are between 5.8 and 5.11a.

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 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth5 sectorsSouthwest1 sectorWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: March–May · 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 6 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01The VestibuleS · 185° · 5.6–5.14b34 routes
02Outer GatesSW · 215° · 5.1–5.11a25 routes
03The Lion's DenS · 197° · 5.6–5.11a22 routes
04The CatacombS · 200° · 5.8–5.12a12 routes
05Bear's LairS · 200° · 5.8–5.11d7 routes
06The Tower of EvolutionS · 200° · 5.11a1 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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