British Columbia Statistics

General area statistics

Area Name: British Columbia
Number Routes: 2,317
Number Areas: 501
Number Activity Updates: 1,218
Number Ascents: 6,493
Areas With Description: 5
Routes With Description: 41
Routes With Ascent Coverage: 1,331
Trad Routes: 35
Sport Routes: 149
Top Rope Routes: 2
Multipitch Routes: 84
Aid Routes: 35
Boulder Problems: 74
Alpine Routes: 13
Ice Routes: 20
Average Height: 33
Route Grade Contributions: 2,382
Number Topos: 1
Number Routes With Topos: 1
Number Favorite Crags: 5
Number Shortcuts: 47
Number Distinct Route Ascents: 6,176
Trad Route Ascents: 679
Sport Route Ascents: 654
Multipitch Route Ascents: 95
Aid Route Ascents: 12
Boulder Route Ascents: 90
Alpine Route Ascents: 12
Ice Route Ascents: 5
Number Ticks: 6,078
Number Hits: 56
Number Ghosts: 34
Number Pure Ascents: 3,022
Number Repeat Ascents: 132
Number Routes Repeated: 131
Number Quality Ratings: 3,601
Number Relative Difficulty Ratings: 66
Number Ascent Comments: 1,217
Number Photos: 70
Number Distinct Route Photos: 43
Number Contributing Publications
Number Climbers Indicating Ascent: 277
Height Profile
Difficulty Band Profile
YDS Grade Profile
AU Grade Profile
FR Grade Profile
Rating System Profile
Protection Rating Profile
Tick Type Profile
Quality Assessment Profile
Relative Difficulty Assessment Profile
Ascent YDS Grade Profile
Ascent AU Grade Profile
Ascent FR Grade Profile
Month Ascent Profile
Hardest Tick Ascent: Instinct {5.13a}
Hardest Clean Ascent: Instinct {5.13a}
Hardest Lead Ascent: Instinct {5.13a}
Hardest Onsight Ascent: ? {5.12c}
Hardest Flash Ascent: Jacob's Ladder {5.12b}
Hardest Redpoint Ascent: Instinct {5.13a}
Hardest Pinkpoint Ascent: Straight in to the Arms of Venus de Milo {5.11d}
Hardest Second Ascent: Pilsner Piller {WI6}
Hardest Clean Second Ascent: Pilsner Piller {WI6}
Hardest Solo Ascent: Kangaroo Corner {5.11a}
Hardest Top Rope Ascent: Rocket {5.12d}
Hardest Clean Top Rope Ascent: Rocket {5.12d}
Hardest Aid Ascent: The Shadow {5.12d}
Area Quality Score: 61
Area Difficulty Score: 44
Area Busyness Score: 16
Area Grade Accuracy Score: 71
Hardest Routes: Superman {5.14c}; Revival {5.14b}; Captain America {5.14b}; The Down System {5.14a}; Pulse {5.14a}; Patience {5.14a}; Killing Something Beautiful {5.14a}; Dinosaur Highway {5.14a}; Division Bell {5.13d}; Heat {5.13d}
Easiest Routes: North West Face {Class 3}; SE & E Pigeon Feathers Traverse {Class 4}; Radicular {5.1}; Mt Tantalus Southeast Spur -low route {5.2}; Siberia {5.3}; Mt Tantalus Southeast Spur -high route {5.3}; The Caves {5.3}; Edge of Space {5.4}; Flat Battery {5.4}; Pigeon Toe {5.4}
Busiest Routes: Deidre {5.8}; Burgers and Fries {5.7}; Penny Lane {5.9}; Wisecrack {5.7}; Flying Circus {5.10a}; Neat and Cool {5.10a}; Exasperator {5.10c}; Quarryman {5.8}; Mosquito {5.8}; Pixie's Corner {5.8}
Busiest Beginner Routes: Dusty Eyes {5.4}; Little Spark {5.4}; Magnet {5.4}; A Walk on the Wild Side {5.5}; Flat Battery {5.4}; Fern Gully {5.4}; West Ridge {5.4}; Autumn Gold {5.5}; Pigeon Toe {5.4}; Mt Tantalus Southeast Spur -high route {5.3}
Busiest Intermediate Routes: Deidre {5.8}; Burgers and Fries {5.7}; Penny Lane {5.9}; Wisecrack {5.7}; Flying Circus {5.10a}; Neat and Cool {5.10a}; Quarryman {5.8}; Mosquito {5.8}; Pixie's Corner {5.8}; Rock On {5.10a}
Busiest Experienced Routes: Exasperator {5.10c}; The Squamish Buttress {5.10c}; The Angel's Crest {5.10b}; Kigijiushi {5.10c}; Seasoned in the Sun {5.10b}; Apron Strings {5.10b}; The Grand Wall {5.11a}; Split Pillar {5.10b}; Polychronopolous {5.11a}; Catch Me {5.10b}
Busiest Expert Routes: Code of Honour {5.12c}; The Flingus Cling {5.12b}; Salvation {5.12b}; The Fleeing Heifer {5.12c}; Youth Gone Wild {5.12b}; Moonraker {5.12b}; The Boiler Room {5.12d}; Viper {V5}; Breathe {5.12b}; Diddly Squat {5.12b}
Busiest Top Rope Routes: Burgers and Fries {5.7}; Peaches And Cream {5.10a}
Busiest Sport Routes: Plum Line {5.9}; Kigijiushi {5.10c}; Huckleberry Pluck {5.9}; The Hard Way Home {5.7}; Totally Clips {5.10b}; The First Step {5.7}; Guilt Trip {5.7}; A Tear Above {5.7}; Jeff and the Giant Reach {5.11c}; Dark Don't Lie {5.11a}
Busiest Trad Routes: Penny Lane {5.9}; Flying Circus {5.10a}; Neat and Cool {5.10a}; Exasperator {5.10c}; Quarryman {5.8}; Mosquito {5.8}; Pixie's Corner {5.8}; St. Vitus' Dance {5.9}; High Mountain Woody {5.9}; Paul's Crack {5.10a}
Busiest Boulder Routes: Cheese Grater {V1}; Squamish Days {V0}; Squamish Days Traverse {V2}; Fried Ant {V0+}; Dyke Surfer {V0}; Over the Top {V1}; Anatomy Lesson {V2}; Ant Slab {V0-}; Warm Up Right SDS {V1}; Eight Ball {V0+}
Busiest Alpine Routes: West Ridge {5.4}
Busiest Ice Routes: Guinness Gully {WI4}
Most Desirable Routes: The Ultimate Everything {5.9}; Deidre {5.8}; Winona's Big Brown Beaver {5.11a}; Mercy Street {5.10b}; Split Pillar {5.10b}; Sunblessed {5.10b}; Neat and Cool {5.10a}; Jacob's Ladder {5.12b}; Restless {5.12a}; The Grand Wall {5.11a}
Purist Routes: Lichen in My Panties {5.8}; Savage Beagle {5.10a}; Flat Battery {5.4}; Dark Don't Lie {5.11a}; Arrowroot {5.10b}; Slot Machine {5.9}; Pleasant Pheasant {5.11a}; Kigijiushi {5.10c}; Guilt Trip {5.7}; Pockets Full of Kryptonite {5.11b}
Highest Quality Routes: Code of Honour {5.12c}; The Grand Wall (duplicate) {5.11a}; West Ridge {5.4}; Northeast Ridge {5.8}; Beckey-Chouinard {5.10a}; Split Pillar {5.10b}; The Grand Wall {5.11a}; Wings of Desire {5.11b}; White Lightning {5.10c}; Black Water {5.12a}
Highest Quality Beginner Routes: West Ridge {5.4}; Little Spark {5.4}; Dusty Eyes {5.4}; Magnet {5.4}; Fern Gully {5.4}; A Walk on the Wild Side {5.5}; Flat Battery {5.4}
Highest Quality Intermediate Routes: Northeast Ridge {5.8}; Beckey-Chouinard {5.10a}; Exasperator p1 {5.10a}; Star Chek {5.9}; I'm Not Against It {5.8}; McTech Arete {5.10-}; Penny Lane {5.9}; Rock On {5.10a}; St. Vitus' Dance {5.9}; Squamish Days {V0}
Highest Quality Experienced Routes: The Grand Wall (duplicate) {5.11a}; Split Pillar {5.10b}; The Grand Wall {5.11a}; Wings of Desire {5.11b}; White Lightning {5.10c}; Black Water {5.12a}; Clean Crack {5.11b}; Exasperator {5.10c}; The Sword {5.11a}; Not Fade Away {5.12a}
Highest Quality Expert Routes: Code of Honour {5.12c}; The Flingus Cling {5.12b}; Salvation {5.12b}; The Fleeing Heifer {5.12c}
Highest Quality Top Rope Routes: Burgers and Fries {5.7}; Peaches And Cream {5.10a}
Highest Quality Sport Routes: The Real Special Forces {5.11a}; Naturopath {5.11a}; I'm Not Against It {5.8}; Grin and Bear It {5.11c}; Kigijiushi {5.10c}; Minor Skirmish {5.10b}; Fortuitous {5.10d}; While the Crows Away {5.10b}; Sole Mate {5.10b}; Jeff and the Giant Reach {5.11c}
Highest Quality Trad Routes: Beckey-Chouinard {5.10a}; Exasperator {5.10c}; Apron Strings {5.10b}; Blazing Saddles {5.10b}; McTech Arete {5.10-}; Penny Lane {5.9}; St. Vitus' Dance {5.9}; Supervalue {5.10c}; Arrowroot {5.10b}; High Mountain Woody {5.9}
Highest Quality Boulder Routes: Squamish Days {V0}; Cheese Grater {V1}; Squamish Days Traverse {V2}; Anatomy Lesson {V2}; Fried Ant {V0+}
Highest Quality Alpine Routes: West Ridge {5.4}
Hightest Quality Minor Areas: Bugaboos; The Grand Wall; Petrifying Wall; Lower Malamute; Doctors Wall; Grand Wall Base South; The Grand Wall Base; The Chief; The Grand Wall Boulders; Black Dyke
Hightest Quality Major Areas: The Chief; Squamish; Skaha; British Columbia; Smoke Bluffs; Cheakamus Canyon
Hardest Minor Areas: The Big Show; Forgotten Wall Left; Toxic Lichen Wall; Couch Wall; Horne Lake; Tommy Gun Wall; Upper Petrifying Wall; Leviticus; Zombie Roof Area; The Circus
Hardest Major Areas: Chek; Cheakamus Canyon; Murrin Park; The Chief; Whistler Region; Calcheak; The Bulletheads; Squamish; British Columbia; Skaha
Easiest Minor Areas: Tantalus Range; Cave Hill Slab; Huckleberry Lane; Esler Bluffs; Marble Canyon; Begbie Bluffs; Lower Wall; Another Buttress; Copley Mt. Crag; Golden
Easiest Major Areas: Victoria; Lantzville Foothills; Nanaimo; Smoke Bluffs; Nanaimo River; Vancouver Island; Comox Lake; Comox Valley; Mt. Benson; The Apron
Busiest Minor Areas: Foundation Wall; Burgers and Fries; Huckleberry Lane; Grassy Glades; Monkey and Weasel; Above Broadway; The Grand Wall Base; Shelf Road; Hoods in the Woods; The Main Event
Busiest Major Areas: Smoke Bluffs; Chek; Cheakamus Canyon; The Chief; Whistler Region; Squamish; Murrin Park; Skaha; British Columbia; Nanaimo
Highest Quality Crags: Squamish; Skaha; Cheakamus Canyon
Busiest Crags: Calcheak; Cheakamus Canyon; Squamish; Skaha; Bugaboos; Nanaimo
Classic Crags: Squamish; Skaha; Cheakamus Canyon; Bugaboos; Nanaimo
Grade Icons: 5.4 - West Ridge; 5.8 - Deidre; 5.9 - Penny Lane; 5.10a - Rock On; 5.10b - Split Pillar; 5.10c - Exasperator; 5.11a - The Grand Wall; 5.11b - Wings of Desire; 5.11c - Crime of the Century; 5.12c - Code of Honour

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