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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at Buck Rock

1 boulder on 1 wall, V3. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Boulder
1
Walls
1
Grades
V3
Rock
Granodiorite
Style
Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
April–May · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Boulders by grade

From V3 to V3. Half are V3.

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 west-facing: morning shade, afternoon sun.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest1 sectorNorthwest0 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

// From the air

Buck Rock from above

Aerial photo of the Buck Rock area
1 wall in this area. Each one, with its approach and topo, in the app. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map (public domain).
// Where it is

On the map

Buck RockUSGS
CALIFORNIA · 110 CRAGS WITHIN 25 MI · Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map (public domain).
// 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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