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// Rock climbing · North Carolina

Climbing at The Dark Side (Closed to climbing, included for historic reference)

55 routes on 6 walls, 5.4–5.12c. In North Carolina. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
55
Walls
6
Grades
5.4–5.12c
Rock
Rhyolite
Style
Trad
Best season (estimated)
April–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.4 to 5.12c. 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 north-facing: shade for most of the day. A summer crag; cold in winter.

North0 sectorsNortheast1 sectorEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: April–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 6 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01The Main Wall5.4–5.11c24 routes
02Desperado Wall5.10a–5.12a16 routes
03The Cougar CragNE · 28° · 5.5–5.12c9 routes
04Un-named wall - - Right of Desperado (middle wall)5.9–5.10c3 routes
05The Survivor Wall5.82 routes
06The Mini Cougar5.11c1 route

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

Hound EarsHaw River BouldersCarrboro/University Lake bouldersUwharrie National ForestBig GodsonCarrboro/University Lake bouldersThe Dark Side (Closed to climbing, included for historic reference)NORTH CAROLINA · 5 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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