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// Rock climbing · Iowa

Climbing at Flying Buttress

4 routes and boulders on 1 wall, 5.5–5.11a · boulders V0. In Iowa. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

Routes and boulders
4
Walls
1
Grades
5.5–5.11a · boulders V0
Rock
Dolomite
Style
Sport · Bouldering
Best season (estimated)
April–June · September–October
// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.5 to 5.11a. Half are between 5.5 and 5.11a.

Boulders by grade

From V0 to V0. Half are V0.

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 sectorsEast1 sectorSoutheast0 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

// From the air

Flying Buttress from above

Aerial photo of the Flying Buttress 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

Flying ButtressUSGS
IOWA · 40 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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