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// Rock climbing · North Carolina

Climbing at Rumbling Bald

232 routes on 20 walls, 5.4–5.13b. In North Carolina. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
232
Walls
20
Grades
5.4–5.13b
Rock
Gneiss
Style
Trad · Sport
Best season (estimated)
March–May · October–November
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.4 to 5.13b. Half are between 5.9 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 south-facing: sun for much of the day. A winter crag; in summer, go early or late.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast11 sectorsSouth4 sectorsSouthwest4 sectorsWest1 sectorNorthwest0 sectors

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

// Walls

The 20 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Cereal ButtressS · 172° · 5.4–5.12c30 routes
02Hanging ChainSW · 204° · 5.7–5.13b25 routes
03Comatose AreaS · 176° · 5.7–5.11d23 routes
04Cereal WallS · 175° · 5.7–5.11c18 routes
05Screamweaver AreaSW · 222° · 5.8–5.13b17 routes
06Flakeview AreaSW · 237° · 5.5–5.11a16 routes
07Test Pilots ButtressSE · 155° · 5.8–5.12a15 routes
08Family WallS · 182° · 5.6–5.11d14 routes
09Left FieldSE · 155° · 5.9–5.12a13 routes
10Lakeview AreaSE · 155° · 5.10b–5.12a12 routes
11Tail of the Cat AreaW · 249° · 5.5–5.11a8 routes
12Flapping.../Nuclear arms areaSE · 155° · 5.10a–5.12a7 routes
13The Wall of SolitudeSE · 155° · 5.8–5.12c7 routes
14The CaveSE · 155° · 5.7–5.12b5 routes
15Doggy Day CareSW · 208° · 5.4–5.75 routes
16Hickory Nutcracker AreaSE · 155° · 5.5–5.11c5 routes
17The KennelSE · 155° · 5.11c–5.12c4 routes
18Paul's BoutiqueSE · 155° · 5.8–5.12c4 routes
19Dixie RealitySE · 155° · 5.9–5.12c2 routes
20Tower Of PowerSE · 155° · 5.11d–5.12c2 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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