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// Rock climbing · West Virginia

Climbing at First Bell Boulders

44 boulders on 11 walls, V0–V6. In West Virginia. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulders
44
Walls
11
Grades
V0–V6
Rock
Sandstone
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
April–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V6. Half are between V0 and V2.

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.

North11 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 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 11 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES
01Big Ben BoulderN · 1° · V0–V110 boulders
02The Classic BoulderN · 15° · V0–V17 boulders
03Hierarchy BoulderN · 6° · V0–V26 boulders
04Scrooge BoulderN · 2° · V0–V26 boulders
05Deep Throat BoulderN · 16° · V2–V43 boulders
06The Hilton BoulderN · 6° · V1–V63 boulders
07Red Roof BoulderN · 16° · V33 boulders
08Red Watch BoulderN · 344° · V03 boulders
09Dead Poet Society BoulderN · 7° · V31 boulder
10Jack the Ripper BoulderN · 7° · V21 boulder
11Motel 6 BoulderN · 6° · V21 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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