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// Rock climbing · North Carolina

Climbing at Main Climbing Areas

147 routes on 15 walls, 5.3–5.14a. In North Carolina. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
147
Walls
15
Grades
5.3–5.14a
Rock
Amphibolite
Style
Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.3 to 5.14a. Half are between 5.7 and 5.10c.

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 sectorNortheast0 sectorsEast2 sectorsSoutheast4 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest8 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 15 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
0106. Red WallSE · 124° · 5.3–5.12c30 routes
0204. David's Castle WallSE · 131° · 5.4–5.11d23 routes
0301. Practice WallE · 107° · 5.5–5.14a15 routes
0413. Two Pitch WallNW · 313° · 5.4–5.10d12 routes
0508. Nuke the Whales WallNW · 324° · 5.5–5.10a10 routes
0610. The FortressNW · 325° · 5.3–5.10d10 routes
0711. Middle Finger WallNW · 312° · 5.5–5.99 routes
0814. Car WallNW · 313° · 5.8–5.11a8 routes
0905. Rising Sun WallSE · 136° · 5.8–5.10c7 routes
1012. Middle Finger (backside)NW · 312° · 5.5–5.11a7 routes
1103. David's Castle (backside)SE · 128° · 5.5–5.10d6 routes
1202. Wrestling WallE · 111° · 5.5–5.94 routes
1316. Pinky Pillar (backside)NW · 305° · 5.5–5.83 routes
1415. Pinky Pillar WallNW · 303° · 5.82 routes
1509. Nuke the Whales BacksideN · 339° · 5.81 route

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

Boulders07. Resurgence WallsCrowders MountainDixon School BouldersWash RockLatta Nature PreserveMain Climbing AreasNORTH CAROLINA · 6 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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