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Climbing at Old Rag

115 routes on 21 walls, 5.4–5.13a. In Virginia. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes
115
Walls
21
Grades
5.4–5.13a
Rock
Volcanic
Style
Trad
Best season (estimated)
March–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.4 to 5.13a. Half are between 5.8 and 5.11a.

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.

North13 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast2 sectorsSoutheast3 sectorsSouth2 sectorsSouthwest0 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 21 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Reflector OvenSE · 118° · 5.6–5.12b20 routes
02Skyline Wall (PATC Wall)N · 14° · 5.5–5.12c18 routes
03Lower God's AreaN · 8° · 5.7–5.12a8 routes
04Lower Ridge Trail SlabsSE · 148° · 5.6–5.10c8 routes
05Wall That Dreams Are Made OfSE · 155° · 5.10c–5.13a7 routes
06Eagle's GiftN · 8° · 5.7–5.11d6 routes
07Middle God's Area - RightN · 8° · 5.9–5.11d6 routes
08Summit CragsN · 349° · 5.4–5.96 routes
09Briar LedgeN · 8° · 5.8–5.11a5 routes
10Primary CragN · 355° · 5.9–5.11d5 routes
11Whale's LipN · 8° · 5.9–5.11a4 routes
12Brian's WallE · 107° · 5.8–5.11d3 routes
13Summit BouldersNW · 337° · V0–V13 boulders
14Upper God's AreaN · 8° · 5.9–5.11c3 routes
15Waking Dream WallS · 163° · 5.10c–5.11a3 routes
16Gutterballs CragN · 8° · 5.9–5.10a2 routes
17Jabba the HuttN · 8° · 5.8–5.10b2 routes
18The PatioS · 168° · 5.10b–5.10d2 routes
19Snag WallE · 84° · 5.9–5.11a2 routes
20Berry HollowN · 18° · 5.10c1 route
21Middle God's Area-LeftN · 8° · 5.10c1 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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