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// Rock climbing · Michigan

Climbing at Hogback Mountain

13 routes on 5 walls, 5.4–5.12a. In Michigan. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
13
Walls
5
Grades
5.4–5.12a
Rock
Gneiss
Style
Trad
Best season (estimated)
April–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.4 to 5.12a. Half are between 5.6 and 5.10a.

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

Walls face several ways: pick the sector for sun or shade at any hour.

North0 sectorsNortheast1 sectorEast0 sectorsSoutheast1 sectorSouth1 sectorSouthwest0 sectorsWest1 sectorNorthwest1 sector

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 5 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Second ButtressSE · 141° · 5.6–5.12a7 routes
02Hidden WallNW · 296° · 5.11a · boulders V02 routes and boulders
03North Country Trail SpurNE · 50° · 5.4–5.62 routes
04First ButtressS · 175° · 5.61 route
05HogwartW · 271° · 5.81 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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