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// Rock climbing · Pennsylvania

Climbing at Wissahickon Valley Park

79 boulders on 17 walls, V0–V8. In Pennsylvania. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
79
Walls
17
Grades
V0–V8
Rock
Schist
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
March–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V8. Half are between V0+ and V3.

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.

North1 sectorNortheast1 sectorEast2 sectorsSoutheast3 sectorsSouth5 sectorsSouthwest3 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest1 sector

Estimated best season: March–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 17 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Revolutionary Ridge BouldersE · 102° · V1–V415 boulders
02The Danger DamSE · 141° · V0–V612 boulders
03Torque Boulder (aka the Precious?)SE · 137° · V0–V88 boulders
04The Cleaver BoulderSW · 225° · V36 boulders
05Devil's Pool BoulderS · 188° · V3–V75 boulders
06The Funky SlabSE · 142° · V0–V25 boulders
07Rittenhouse BouldersV0+–V35 boulders
08Gorgas Creek CaveS · 159° · V0–V24 boulders
09Urination AmphitheateS · 165° · 5.7–5.12c4 routes
10Council RockSW · 238° · V03 boulders
11The LonersNE · 55° · V0+–V23 boulders
12Cresheim CreekS · 194° · V12 boulders
13Cresheim Creek CrackNW · 312° · V0–V12 boulders
14The NoseE · 108°2 routes
15Forbidden BoulderSW · 217° · V01 boulder
16Take It or Leave ItS · 173°1 route
17Wissahickon Hermit BoulderN · 4° · V11 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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