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Climbing at Great Falls

234 routes on 20 walls, 5.0–5.13a. In Virginia. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
234
Walls
20
Grades
5.0–5.13a
Rock
Volcanic
Style
Trad · Top rope
Best season (estimated)
April–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.0 to 5.13a. Half are between 5.5 and 5.10c.

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 sectorNortheast16 sectorsEast1 sectorSoutheast1 sectorSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: April–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 20 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01DihedralsNE · 53° · 5.0–5.12b23 routes
02Bird's NestNE · 45° · 5.0–5.12c17 routes
03SeclusionNE · 41° · 5.0–5.10c · boulders V0–V217 routes and boulders
04Aid BoxNE · 46° · 5.5–5.13a16 routes
05Downstream ClimbsNE · 42° · 5.1–5.11c16 routes
06Dr. NeedlepointNE · 58° · 5.1–5.12d16 routes
07CorniceNE · 48° · 5.0–5.11d15 routes
08Romeo's LadderE · 70° · 5.0–5.12d14 routes
09SandboxNE · 38° · 5.1–5.11c13 routes
10Degree 101NE · 55° · 5.0–5.11d12 routes
11Cigar BoxNE · 47° · 5.0–5.10d10 routes
12Cow's HoofN · 6° · 5.8–5.12b10 routes
13The Dike Creek AreaNE · 49° · 5.2–5.10a10 routes
14Flat Iron5.0–5.10c9 routes
15Gorky ParkNE · 46° · 5.0–5.12c9 routes
16MicrodomeNE · 37° · 5.0–5.11d8 routes
17River Bend WallSE · 122° · 5.4–5.98 routes
18Canal CutNE · 46° · 5.1–5.10c5 routes
19Echo RockNE · 38° · 5.6–5.94 routes
20Brolands BouldersNE · 62° · V12 boulders

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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