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// Rock climbing · New York

Climbing at The Playground: Area 1

26 boulders on 6 walls, V0–V9. In New York. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
26
Walls
6
Grades
V0–V9
Rock
Shale
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
April–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V9. Half are between V2 and V6.

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 sectorsSoutheast5 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest1 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 6 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Chalked Hold BoulderSE · 130° · V3–V910 boulders
02Sunkist BoulderSE · 131° · V0–V710 boulders
03The Pearl a.k.a. The Whale boulderNW · 311° · V62 boulders
04Split RockSE · 135° · V0–V42 boulders
05Anticipation BoulderSE · 139° · V41 boulder
06Folded RockSE · 129° · V71 boulder

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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