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// Rock climbing · South Dakota

Climbing at Big Picture Gully

82 routes on 15 walls, 5.8–5.13b. In South Dakota. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
82
Walls
15
Grades
5.8–5.13b
Rock
Limestone
Style
Sport
Best season (estimated)
April–June · August–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.8 to 5.13b. Half are between 5.10c and 5.12a.

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.

North11 sectorsNortheast1 sectorEast3 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: April–June · August–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
01Big Picture WallE · 97° · 5.9–5.13a18 routes
02The CanN · 1° · 5.9–5.12d8 routes
03Bradyism WallNE · 42° · 5.10a–5.11c7 routes
04The CrossroadsE · 84° · 5.10c–5.12c6 routes
05Breakfast WallN · 1° · 5.8–5.11d5 routes
06Fat GrandmaN · 1° · 5.10a–5.11c5 routes
07Nameless WallN · 1° · 5.10a–5.12a5 routes
08The PatioN · 1° · 5.11a–5.13b5 routes
09The Wall of ConclusionN · 1° · 5.10d–5.11c5 routes
10Word Up WallN · 1° · 5.10a–5.12a5 routes
11GlamrockN · 1° · 5.9–5.12a4 routes
12Back Burner Wall a.k.a. "The Wall of Shame"E · 70° · 5.10c–5.12a3 routes
13Lunch Box WallN · 1° · 5.10c–5.11d3 routes
14Jenny CragN · 1° · 5.10d–5.13a2 routes
15Tsunami WallN · 1° · 5.12a1 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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