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// Rock climbing · Virginia

Climbing at Appalachian Barbed Wire Boulders

10 boulders on 6 walls, V0–V4. In Virginia. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
10
Walls
6
Grades
V0–V4
Rock
Volcanic
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
March–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V4. Half are between V2 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 north-facing: shade for most of the day. A summer crag; cold in winter.

North1 sectorNortheast4 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast1 sectorSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

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 6 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Bartering Lines BoulderNE · 55° · V23 boulders
02The Patiently Waiting BoulderSE · 149° · V3–V42 boulders
03Vein of QuartzNE · 55°2 routes
04Hunkered Down BoulderNE · 55°1 route
05Invisible Creekside BoulderNE · 55°1 route
06Nothing Left BoulderN · 3° · V01 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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