North America Statistics

General area statistics

Area Name: North America
Number Routes: 72,484
Number Areas: 13,284
Number Activity Updates: 36,458
Number Ascents: 104,544
Areas With Description: 593
Routes With Description: 2,809
Routes With Ascent Coverage: 28,891
Trad Routes: 3,460
Sport Routes: 6,047
Top Rope Routes: 460
Multipitch Routes: 1,189
Aid Routes: 1,448
Boulder Problems: 7,022
Alpine Routes: 1,913
Ice Routes: 955
Average Height: 41
Route Grade Contributions: 81,521
Number Topos: 331
Number Routes With Topos: 1,095
Number Favorite Crags: 187
Number Shortcuts: 21,044
Number Distinct Route Ascents: 100,357
Trad Route Ascents: 10,331
Sport Route Ascents: 15,033
Multipitch Route Ascents: 2,678
Aid Route Ascents: 658
Boulder Route Ascents: 5,516
Alpine Route Ascents: 1,979
Ice Route Ascents: 558
Number Ticks: 98,255
Number Hits: 1,502
Number Ghosts: 617
Number Pure Ascents: 33,706
Number Repeat Ascents: 2,012
Number Routes Repeated: 1,813
Number Quality Ratings: 62,895
Number Relative Difficulty Ratings: 1,033
Number Ascent Comments: 17,195
Number Photos: 1,383
Number Distinct Route Photos: 625
Number Contributing Publications: 89
Number Climbers Indicating Ascent: 3,757
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Ascent YDS Grade Profile
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Month Ascent Profile
Hardest Tick Ascent: Diaphanous Sea {V12}
Hardest Clean Ascent: Eco Terrorist {V11}
Hardest Lead Ascent: Eco Terrorist {V11}
Hardest Onsight Ascent: Eco Terrorist {V11}
Hardest Flash Ascent: Cleopatra-Cinderella Traverse {V10}
Hardest Redpoint Ascent: Eco Terrorist {V11}
Hardest Pinkpoint Ascent: Sprayathon {5.13c}
Hardest Second Ascent: Desert Crack {5.12+}
Hardest Clean Second Ascent: Wet Dreams {5.12d}
Hardest Solo Ascent: Tiny Dance {V7}
Hardest Top Rope Ascent: Rocket Science {5.13c}
Hardest Clean Top Rope Ascent: Shocker {5.13b}
Hardest Aid Ascent: Aid Roof {5.14c}
Area Quality Score: 58
Area Difficulty Score: 42
Area Busyness Score: 12
Area Grade Accuracy Score: 58
Hardest Routes: Project 1 {5.15}; Project 2 {5.15}; The Mandala SDS {V14}; Meathook {B3}; Murray's Seam {B3}; Black Magic {B3}; Grand Seclusion {B3}; Fountain Lip Traverse {B3}; Souther Smoke Direct {5.15a}; Unfinished Experiment {B3}
Easiest Routes: 3rd Street {Class 5}; Pioneer Route {Class 5}; The Grotto Chimney {Class 5}; Northeast Couloir {Class 5}; Third Tooth {Class 5}; Eichorn's Chute {Class 5}; V-Notch Couloir {Class 5}; South Face {Class 5}; Knuckle Ridge B {Class 5}; Fisher Chimneys {Class 5}
Busiest Routes: Horseman {5.5}; Jackie {5.5}; Frog's Head {5.5}; Bunny {5.4}; High Exposure {5.6}; Three Pines {5.3}; Royal Arches Route {5.10a}; Rhododendron {5.6}; Laurel {5.7}; Snake Dike {5.7}
Busiest Beginner Routes: Horseman {5.5}; Jackie {5.5}; Frog's Head {5.5}; Bunny {5.4}; Three Pines {5.3}; Gelsa {5.4}; Arch {5.5}; Ecstasy Junior {5.4}; Fingerlocks or Cedar Box {5.5}; Black Fly {5.5}
Busiest Intermediate Routes: High Exposure {5.6}; Royal Arches Route {5.10a}; Rhododendron {5.6}; Laurel {5.7}; Snake Dike {5.7}; Bishop's Terrace {5.8}; Nutcracker {5.8}; Double Cross {5.7}; The Bastille Crack {5.7}; Glory Jean's {5.7}
Busiest Experienced Routes: Serenity Crack {5.10d}; Incredible Hand Crack {5.10c}; East Buttress {5.10c}; Prototype {5.10c}; Dead Cats {5.10c}; East Buttress {5.10b}; Church Bowl Tree {5.10b}; Pump First, Pay Later {5.10b}; A.W.O.L. {5.10b}; Water Ballet {5.10b}
Busiest Expert Routes: Regular Northwest Face {5.12b}; Social Outcast {5.12b}; Unnamed V5 {V5}; Code of Honour {5.12c}; Moonlight Buttress {5.13a V}; Flesh For Lulu {5.12b}; Lost Arrow Spire Tip {5.12b}; Animal Logic {5.12b}; Rain Dance {5.12b}; Orangahang {5.12b}
Busiest Elite Routes: Eco Terrorist {V11}; Diaphanous Sea {V12}
Busiest Top Rope Routes: Burgers and Fries {5.7}; No Picnic {5.4}; The Column Direct {5.9}; Jammermeister {5.5}; Peaches And Cream {5.10a}; Hoovering {5.9}; Victoria's Secret {5.10}; Diagonal {5.9}; El Cracko Diablo {5.10a I}; Seismic Step {5.6}
Busiest Sport Routes: Glory Jean's {5.7}; Eight Flake {5.8}; My Name Is Mud {5.9}; Rise And Shine {5.7}; Moonbeam {5.9}; Bonaire {5.9}; Easily Amused {5.6}; Lonesome Dove {5.10a}; Hippie Dreams {5.8}; Neon Sunset {5.8}
Busiest Trad Routes: Horseman {5.5}; Jackie {5.5}; Frog's Head {5.5}; Bunny {5.4}; High Exposure {5.6}; Rhododendron {5.6}; Laurel {5.7}; Snake Dike {5.7}; Nutcracker {5.8}; Double Cross {5.7}
Busiest Boulder Routes: Mandatory Overload {V3}; Bum Boy {V4}; Hobbit Hole {V3}; Easy Style {V1}; Turtle Head {V2}; Unnamed V5 {V5}; East Mudball(Crack) {5.7}; Gunsmoke {5.11+ V2}; Mike's Crack {5.5}; Nobody Gets Out Alive {V2}
Busiest Alpine Routes: Central Pillar of Frenzy {5.10a V}; Thin Air {5.6 II}; Southeast Buttress {5.6 III}; 30 Seconds Over Potash {5.8 I}; Whitney-Gilman Ridge {5.7 II}; Upper Exum Ridge {5.4 II}; Flakes Of Wrath {5.9 I}; Nervous In Suburbia {5.10a I}; Solar Slab {5.6 III}; Bad Moki Roof {5.9 I}
Busiest Ice Routes: Spiral Staircase {WI3 to WI4}; Louise Falls {WI4 to WI5}; Grotto Falls {WI3}; Cascade Falls {WI3}; Coors Lite {WI2 to WI2+}; The Rigid Designator {WI5-}; Johnston Canyon {WI2 to WI5}; Willey's Slide {WI2}; The Black Dike {WI4+}; The Beer Garden {WI2}
Most Desirable Routes: Snake Dike {5.7}; The Nose {5.9 C2 VI}; Royal Arches Route {5.10a}; Ellingwood Arete {5.8 III}; Olive Oil {5.7}; The Shield {5.9 A3+ VI}; Bolt And Run {5.9}; Sail Away {5.8}; Nutcracker {5.8}; Zodiac {5.7 A2 VI}
Purist Routes: Micro Brew {5.5}; Near Beer {5.6}; Lichen in My Panties {5.8}; Savage Beagle {5.10a}; Flat Battery {5.4}; Red Menace {5.10c}; Mardi Gras {5.11a}; Elvis Lives {5.10c}; Dark Don't Lie {5.11a}; Fantasy {5.8}
Highest Quality Routes: Exorcist {5.12b}; The Yellow Wall {5.11}; Minor Threat {5.11a}; Super Crack {5.9}; Beckey-Chouinard {5.10a}; Crime and Punishment {5.11c}; Scenic Cruise {5.10+ V}; Ellingwood Arete {5.8 III}; Casual Route {5.10a IV}; South Face {5.8 III}
Highest Quality Beginner Routes: West Ridge {5.4}; Caver's Route {5.4}; Standard East Face {5.3}; Conn Route {5.3}; Northeast Ridge {5.5}; East Ridge {Class 4 II}; West Arete {5.5}; Dragon's Tail Gully {AI2 to AI3 M2 II}; Upper Exum Ridge {5.4 II}; Gelsa {5.4}
Highest Quality Intermediate Routes: East Ridge {5.6}; Super Crack {5.9}; The Shield {5.9 A3+ VI}; Direct Petzoldt Ridge {5.7 III}; Northeast Ridge {5.8}; Beckey-Chouinard {5.10a}; Ellingwood Arete {5.8 III}; Casual Route {5.10a IV}; South Face {5.8 III}; Salathe Wall {5.9 C2 VI}
Highest Quality Experienced Routes: The Yellow Wall {5.11}; The Grand Wall (duplicate) {5.11a}; Minor Threat {5.11a}; King Cat {5.11+}; Paradise Lost {5.12-}; Atlantis {5.11c}; Shune's Buttress {5.11c IV}; Crime and Punishment {5.11c}; Scared Peaches P1 {5.12a}; Scenic Cruise {5.10+ V}
Highest Quality Expert Routes: Exorcist {5.12b}; Code of Honour {5.12c}; Easy Skanking {5.12b}; Plan B {5.12b}; Moonlight Buttress {5.13a V}; Regular Northwest Face {5.12b}; Lost Arrow Spire Tip {5.12b}; Orange Juice {5.12c}; Dragonfly (aka Dogmatics) {V5}; El Diablo {5.12d}
Highest Quality Top Rope Routes: Black Crack {5.9}; Great Roof {5.10b}; Tenessee Flake {5.9}; El Cracko Diablo {5.10a I}; Diagonal {5.9}; The Column Direct {5.9}; Sitting Here In Limbo {5.9}; Unnamed Seam {5.10c}; The Bulge {5.8}; Triple Overhang {5.9}
Highest Quality Sport Routes: Minor Threat {5.11a}; Aesthetica {5.11c}; Solstice {5.12a}; Freaky Stylee {5.12a}; Snott Girlz {5.10d}; Keep Your Powder Dry {5.12b}; The Real Special Forces {5.11a}; Detox Mountain {5.12a}; Lavender Eye {5.12-}; Techosurfing {5.12b}
Highest Quality Trad Routes: King Cat {5.11+}; Beckey-Chouinard {5.10a}; Thin Ice {5.10b}; Lightning Bolt Cracks {5.11b III}; Classic Crack {5.8}; Incredible Hand Crack {5.10c}; Igor Unchained {5.9}; Rock Wars {5.10a}; Walt Bailey Memorial {5.9}; Supercrack of the desert {5.10}
Highest Quality Boulder Routes: Yellow Arete {V4}; Dragonfly (aka Dogmatics) {V5}; Pinch Overhang {V5}; Soul Slinger {V10}; High Plains Drifter {V7}; Stem Gem {5.11+ B1}; Iron Man {V4}; Center El Murray {V6}; The 45 Degree Wall {V5}; Overlooked {V4}
Highest Quality Alpine Routes: Astroman {5.11c IV}; West Ridge {5.4}; Direct Petzoldt Ridge {5.7 III}; Shune's Buttress {5.11c IV}; Moonlight Buttress {5.13a V}; Scenic Cruise {5.10+ V}; Ellingwood Arete {5.8 III}; Casual Route {5.10a IV}; South Face {5.8 III}; Levitation 29 {5.11c IV}
Highest Quality Ice Routes: The Fang {WI5 to WI6}; The Black Dike {WI4+}; The Skylight {WI4 to WI5}; Roaring Brook Falls {WI3+}; Louise Falls {WI4 to WI5}; Trap Dike - ICE {WI2}; Left-hand {WI4}; Dragon's Tail Gully {AI2 to AI3 M2 II}; The Rigid Designator {WI5-}; Cascade Falls {WI3}
Hightest Quality Minor Areas: Bugaboos; The Needles; The Grand Wall; Sequoia National Park; Southwest Face; Central Section; Cat Wall; East Stronghold; The Prow; The Cookie Cliff
Hightest Quality Major Areas: The Chief; Yosemite Valley; Yosemite National Park; Tuolumne Meadows; White Mountains; Wyoming; Conway; Eldorado Canyon State Park; Eldorado Canyon North; Sierra Nevada Range
Hardest Minor Areas: The Big Show; Cave Rock; Wicked Cave; China Wall Cave; The Pinch Area; Rodeo Wave; China Cave; Spanish Castle Magic; Blasphemy Wall; Hell Cave
Hardest Major Areas: Little Rock City; Boney Bluff; Acephale; China Wall; The Motherlode; Box Canyon; Alamogordo; The Tunnel; Rifle Mountain Park; Governor's Stable
Easiest Minor Areas: Southern Yosemite Peaks; Spanish Needle Peak; Rubble Wall; Dinosaur Rock; North Face; Class Four Ramp Area; Spindrift Wall; Ypsilon Mountain; Symmetry Spire; West Face
Easiest Major Areas: Camelback Mountain; Grand Teton National Park; Lower Owens Ridge; Indian Wells Canyon; Gregory Canyon Amphitheater; The Reservoir Area; Central Flatirons; Owens Ridge; High Peaks; The Narrows
Busiest Minor Areas: Magic Bus; Dirty Gerdie Block; Dead Cats Wall; Oblivion Wall; The Escape Buttress; South Wall, Upper Level; Rope De Dope Block; South Face; Right; The Parking Lot Wall
Busiest Major Areas: Barton Creek Greenbelt; Reimers Ranch; Uberfalls; Morning Glory Wall Area; Natural Bridge Region; West Face; Central Gorge; Second Pullout; The North Forty; Summersville Lake
Highest Quality Crags: Paradise Forks; Rocky Mountain National Park; Indian Creek Canyon; Yosemite National Park; Index Town Walls; White Mountains; Lake Louise; Eldorado Canyon State Park; Hueco Tanks State Park; The Black Hills; Adirondacks; Linville Gorge; Squamish; Tahquitz; Skaha; Joshua Tree National Park; Red Rocks; Rifle Mountain Park; City of Rocks; Queen Creek Canyon
Busiest Crags: Barton Creek Greenbelt; Looking Glass; Reimers Ranch; Summersville Lake; Interstate State Park, Minnesota side; Grassi Lakes; Rumney; Red Wing; Mission Gorge; Franklin Gorge; Sandrock; Calcheak; Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge; Stone Mountain State Park; Jacks Canyon; Bull Creek Park; Interstate State Park, Wisconsin side; Mount Yonah; Santee Boulder Field; Seneca
Classic Crags: Shawangunks; Yosemite National Park; Joshua Tree National Park; Squamish; Red Rocks; New River Gorge; Red River Gorge; Rumney; Lake Tahoe, California Side; Salt Lake City; Seneca; Smith Rocks State Park; Eldorado Canyon State Park; White Mountains; Indian Creek Canyon; American Fork Canyon; City of Rocks; Reimers Ranch; Summersville Lake; Skaha
Grade Icons: 5.3 - Three Pines; 5.4 - Gelsa; 5.5 - Horseman; 5.6 - High Exposure; 5.7 - Snake Dike; 5.8 - Nutcracker; 5.9 - Penny Lane; 5.10a - Royal Arches Route; 5.10b - Supercrack of the desert; 5.10c - Incredible Hand Crack; 5.10d - Serenity Crack; 5.11a - The Grand Wall; 5.11b - Wings of Desire; 5.11c - Crime and Punishment; 5.11d - Yellow Arete; 5.12a - Paradise Lost; 5.12b - Regular Northwest Face; 5.12c - Code of Honour; 5.12d - El Diablo; 5.13a - Moonlight Buttress; 5.14a - Soul Slinger

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