Every problem and rope route set in the last seven days, who set it and how many climbers flashed it. Updated every Friday by the setting crew.
14 new boulders
6 new rope routes
4 setters
The Cave resets Mon 9/14
Updated Friday 6:00 PM by JH, DM, KT and AL
20 new climbs
this week.
The crew strips one wall every Monday and rebuilds it by Friday. Log your send on the tablet at the front desk.
V0-1 / 5.8
V2-3 / 5.9
V4-5 / 5.10
V6-7 / 5.11
V8+ / 5.12
V0
First Steps
91%
V1
Warm Welcome
78%
V2
Tiny Titans
69%
V3
Pinch Me
46%
V4
Crimp Season
31%
V5
Sidepull Sally
22%
V6
Dyno Might
12%
V8
Night Shift
4%
5.8
Sunday Stroll
84%
5.10a
Big Sky Traverse
38%
5.11b
Thin Air
15%
5.12a
Last Light
6%
The Cave resets Monday, Sep 14
V3 Pinch Me on The Cave, set by JH
Two setters test every problem before it gets a tag
Two scales,
explained simply.
Grades are a setter’s best guess, not a law of physics. Use them as a starting point and trust how the climb feels.
V-scale for boulders
V0-1
Day one
V2-3
Months in
V4-5
Regular
V6-7
Strong
V8+
Project
Bouldering grades start at V0, your first day, and climb to V17, which only a handful of people on Earth have done. Most Crux climbers spend their first months between V0 and V3.
YDS for rope routes
5.8
Day one
5.9
Months in
5.10
Regular
5.11
Strong
5.12+
Project
Rope routes use the Yosemite Decimal System. The 5 means technical climbing; the number after the dot is difficulty. From 5.10, letters a to d split each grade into four steps.
What gets reset,
and when.
Walls rotate on a five-week cycle, so every area is fresh at least once a month.
The Cave
Overhang boulders
Set by JH and KT
The Slab
Balance and footwork
Set by DM
Rope Wall
Top rope lanes 1 to 8
Set by AL and KT
The Arete
Corners and compression
Set by JH
Kids Wall
First Friday of the month
Set by DM
Route setting clinic, one Saturday a month