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// Rock climbing · Nevada

Climbing at Black Velvet Canyon

87 routes on 7 walls, 5.8–5.13a. In Nevada. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
87
Walls
7
Grades
5.8–5.13a
Rock
Sandstone
Style
Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.8 to 5.13a. Half are between 5.10a and 5.11c.

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 sectorNortheast4 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast2 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: March–May · 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 7 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Black Velvet WallNE · 41° · 5.9–5.11d25 routes
02The Texas Wall / West Velvet WallNE · 40° · 5.9–5.13a17 routes
03The MonumentSE · 153° · 5.9–5.13a16 routes
04Burlap ButtressSE · 151° · 5.8–5.12b13 routes
05Western Spaces WallN · 9° · 5.9–5.11c8 routes
06Mustang WallNE · 55° · 5.10d–5.12a6 routes
07Corduroy RidgeNE · 43° · 5.10d–5.11c2 routes

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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