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// Rock climbing · New Mexico

Climbing at Southern Box areas

185 routes and boulders on 13 walls, 5.0–5.14a · boulders V0–V9. In New Mexico. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes and boulders
185
Walls
13
Grades
5.0–5.14a · boulders V0–V9
Rock
Volcanic
Style
Sport
Best season (estimated)
March–May · October–November
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.0 to 5.14a. Half are between 5.9 and 5.11c.

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V9. Half are between V2 and V5.

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.

North1 sectorNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast2 sectorsSouth4 sectorsSouthwest2 sectorsWest2 sectorsNorthwest1 sector

Estimated best season: March–May · October–November. 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

// Where it is

On the map

Spook CanyonNorthern Box areasWaterfall Area BoulderingEast SideSouthern Box areasNEW MEXICO · 4 CRAGS WITHIN 25 MIBoundaries © Natural Earth
// 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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