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// Rock climbing · Virginia

Climbing at Widow Area

31 boulders on 8 walls, V0–V9. In Virginia. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
31
Walls
8
Grades
V0–V9
Rock
Shale
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
April–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V9. Half are between V2 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 east-facing: morning sun, afternoon shade.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast8 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: April–May · 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 8 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Juice BoulderE · 104° · V1–V38 boulders
02Cockfight BoulderE · 104° · V3–V65 boulders
03Whiskey BoulderE · 104° · V3–V75 boulders
04Bobcat BoulderE · 104° · V54 boulders
05Coal Train BoulderE · 104° · V2–V93 boulders
06Roots BoulderE · 104° · V23 boulders
07Widow Maker RoofE · 104° · V0–V12 boulders
08Power RoofE · 104° · V81 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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