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// Rock climbing · Maine

Climbing at 4. Grand Slab Area (aka "Home Base")

21 boulders on 4 walls, V0–V10. In Maine. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
21
Walls
4
Grades
V0–V10
Rock
Limestone
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
March–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V10. 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 west-facing: morning shade, afternoon sun.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth1 sectorSouthwest0 sectorsWest3 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.

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 4 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Grand Slab (Home Base)W · 249° · V0–V47 boulders
02Prickly Pear Boulder ( originally "Upper Sector")W · 261° · V1–V107 boulders
03Soda BoulderW · 260° · V2–V34 boulders
04Drag Me to Heel BoulderS · 183° · V23 boulders

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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