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// Rock climbing · West Virginia

Climbing at Upper Rock City

75 routes and boulders on 8 walls, VB–V9 · routes 5.3–5.11a. In West Virginia. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes and boulders
75
Walls
8
Grades
VB–V9 · routes 5.3–5.11a
Rock
Sandstone
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
March–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.3 to 5.11a. Half are between 5.6 and 5.10a.

Boulders by grade

From VB to V9. Half are between V1 and V4.

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 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest8 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: March–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
01Tomb Raider AreaSW · 211° · V0–V7 · routes 5.3–5.11a32 routes and boulders
02Romulus and Remus AreaSW · 224° · VB–V4 · routes 5.711 routes and boulders
03Entrance BouldersSW · 226° · V0–V410 boulders
04The Forgotten Block AreaSW · 233° · V2–V7 · routes 5.11a8 routes and boulders
05Roundhouse AreaSW · 215° · V4–V55 boulders
06The CrannySW · 244° · V0+–V94 boulders
07Knife Fink AreaSW · 217° · V1–V8 · routes 5.63 routes and boulders
08The Holy FaceSW · 237° · V0–V32 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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