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Climbing at Back of Beyond

120 boulders on 38 walls, V0–V10. In Virginia. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
120
Walls
38
Grades
V0–V10
Rock
Volcanic
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
March–May · October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V10. Half are between V1 and V5.

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 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth3 sectorsSouthwest35 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: March–May · 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 38 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Back of Beyond BoulderSW · 219° · V0–V78 boulders
02Buffalo BoulderSW · 219° · V3–V58 boulders
03Thunder BouldersSW · 219° · V0–V48 boulders
04Bombora BoulderSW · 219° · V0–V66 boulders
05Witches BlockSW · 219° · V0–V86 boulders
06Dream BoulderS · 202° · V3–V45 boulders
07Fungi BoulderSW · 219° · V0–V25 boulders
08Apex RoofSW · 219° · V1–V74 boulders
09Calamity BoulderSW · 219° · V2–V44 boulders
10Mystery BoulderSW · 219° · V14 boulders
11Parallelascope BoulderSW · 219° · V0–V24 boulders
12Top Gun BlockSW · 219°4 routes
13Back of Beyond BlockSW · 219° · V0–V13 boulders
14Burning BoulderSW · 219° · V4–V53 boulders
15Dire Wolf BouldersSW · 219° · V1–V73 boulders
16Golden Gate BoulderSW · 219° · V2–V33 boulders
17King BoulderS · 186° · V13 boulders
18Little Things BlockSW · 219°3 routes
19Method BoulderS · 189° · V5–V63 boulders
20Mint BoulderSW · 219° · V1–V63 boulders
21Starter BlockSW · 219° · V03 boulders
22Triple BouldersSW · 219° · V5–V73 boulders
23Awenasa RoofSW · 219° · V2–V102 boulders
24Bat House RoofSW · 219° · V4–V52 boulders
25Candy Crush BoulderSW · 219° · V4–V72 boulders
26Evolution BlockSW · 219° · V42 boulders
27Holocene BoulderSW · 219° · V22 boulders
28Principia BoulderSW · 219° · V32 boulders
29System BlocksSW · 219° · V52 boulders
30Wind RockSW · 219° · V42 boulders
31Bear's Den Boulder & BlockSW · 219°1 route
32Hobknob RoofSW · 219° · V41 boulder
33Movie BoulderSW · 219°1 route
34Oz RoofSW · 219°1 route
35Shades BoulderSW · 219° · V11 boulder
36Snap BoulderSW · 219°1 route
37Tipping Point BlockSW · 219°1 route
38Tom Cruise BlockSW · 215° · V41 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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