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// Rock climbing · North Carolina

Climbing at Linville Gorge

222 routes on 12 walls, 5.0–5.12d. In North Carolina. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
222
Walls
12
Grades
5.0–5.12d
Rock
Quartzite
Style
Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.0 to 5.12d. Half are between 5.8 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 west-facing: morning shade, afternoon sun.

North1 sectorNortheast0 sectorsEast1 sectorSoutheast0 sectorsSouth1 sectorSouthwest3 sectorsWest4 sectorsNorthwest2 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 12 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Table RockS · 192° · 5.4–5.12c63 routes
02Shortoff MountainW · 255° · 5.0–5.12c60 routes
03AmphitheaterSW · 231° · 5.3–5.12a26 routes
04Linville River CragE · 68° · 5.9–5.12d21 routes
05North Carolina WallW · 284° · 5.7–5.12c19 routes
06Conley CoveW · 255° · 5.7–5.12a7 routes
07Shortoff - Upper WallSW · 213° · 5.10c–5.12a7 routes
08The CamelNW · 313° · 5.5–5.11c6 routes
09Route 181 Rock faceSW · 206° · V1–V55 boulders
10Reggae WallW · 281° · 5.9–5.10c4 routes
11Linville Link UpsNW · 302° · 5.6–5.10c3 routes
12Chockstone Chimney WallN · 338° · 5.10c1 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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