California Statistics

General area statistics

Area Name: California
Number Routes: 32,997
Number Areas: 7,489
Number Activity Updates: 66,973
Number Ascents: 29,928
Areas With Description: 566
Routes With Description: 2,667
Routes With Ascent Coverage: 8,293
Trad Routes: 5,387
Sport Routes: 6,217
Top Rope Routes: 1,266
Multipitch Routes: 969
Aid Routes: 460
Boulder Problems: 9,881
Alpine Routes: 198
Ice Routes
Average Height: 26
Route Grade Contributions: 35,239
Number Topos: 708
Number Routes With Topos: 2,171
Number Favorite Crags: 29
Number Shortcuts: 3,112
Number Distinct Route Ascents: 28,520
Trad Route Ascents: 12,147
Sport Route Ascents: 4,343
Multipitch Route Ascents: 4,305
Aid Route Ascents: 653
Boulder Route Ascents: 4,358
Alpine Route Ascents: 414
Ice Route Ascents
Number Ticks: 27,301
Number Hits: 402
Number Ghosts: 275
Number Pure Ascents: 9,882
Number Repeat Ascents: 914
Number Routes Repeated: 666
Number Quality Ratings: 16,516
Number Relative Difficulty Ratings: 135
Number Ascent Comments: 6,715
Number Photos: 718
Number Distinct Route Photos: 255
Number Contributing Publications: 28
Number Climbers Indicating Ascent: 1,684
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Hardest Onsight Ascent: Face {5.11d}
Hardest Flash Ascent: MR. BIG {5.10d}
Hardest Redpoint Ascent: Jumbo Love {5.15b}
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Area Quality Score: 59
Area Difficulty Score: 43
Area Busyness Score: 9
Area Grade Accuracy Score: 44
Hardest Routes: The Process {V16}; Big Z {V16}; Suprême Jumbo Love {5.15c}; Lucid Dreaming {V15}; Jumbo Love {5.15b}; Yayali {V14}; The Swarm {V14}; Arête Project {V14/15}; Goldfish Trombone {V14}; The Mandala SDS {V14}
Easiest Routes: West - East Summit Traverse {Class 5}; Brother Bodhi {Class 5}; Beeats Me {Class 5}; South Face {Class 5}; Pioneer Route {Class 5}; Scout Peak, South Face {Class 5}; Approach Slabs {Class 5}; Second Tooth {Class 5}; The Tourist Route {Class 5 PG13}; Third Tooth {Class 5}
Busiest Routes: Royal Arches Route {5.7 A0}; Snake Dike {5.7 R}; The Nutcracker Suite {5.8}; Double Cross {5.7 PG13}; Bishop's Terrace {5.8}; Central Pillar of Frenzy {5.9}; After Six {5.7}; The Nose {5.9 C2 VI}; Serenity Crack {5.10d}; Toe Jam {5.7}
Busiest Beginner Routes: The Bong {5.4}; Upper Right Ski Track {5.3}; Knapsack Crack {5.4}; The Eye {5.3}; Aunt Fanny's Pantry {5.4}; Mountaineer's Route {Class 3}; Double Crack {5.3}; Men With Cow's Heads {5.5}; B-2 {5.3}; Northwest Buttress {5.5}
Busiest Intermediate Routes: Royal Arches Route {5.7 A0}; Snake Dike {5.7 R}; The Nutcracker Suite {5.8}; Double Cross {5.7 PG13}; Bishop's Terrace {5.8}; Central Pillar of Frenzy {5.9}; After Six {5.7}; The Nose {5.9 C2 VI}; Toe Jam {5.7}; Munginella {5.6}
Busiest Experienced Routes: Serenity Crack {5.10d}; East Buttress {5.10c}; East Buttress {5.10b}; Church Bowl Tree {5.10b}; Illusion Dweller {5.10b}; Outer Limits {5.11a}; Sherrie's Crack {5.10c}; Bummer {5.10c}; Iron Man {V4}; Lazy Bum {5.10d}
Busiest Expert Routes: Regular Northwest Face {5.12b}; The Hulk {V6}; High Plains Drifter {V7}; Serengeti {V5}; Freerider {5.13a VI}; Lost Arrow Spire Tip {5.12b}; Midnight Lightning {V8}; Green Wall Center {V6}; Go granny GO {V5}; Darshan (Rip Off) {5.12b}
Busiest Elite Routes: Evilution Direct {V11}; The Buttermilker {V12}; Empath {5.15a}; Everything is Karate {5.14c/d}; The Mandala {V12}; A Maze Of Death {V12}; Haroun & The Sea Of Stories {V11/12}; The Shield {V11}; Jumbo Love {5.15b}; Spectre {V13}
Busiest Top Rope Routes: Beethoven's Face Center {5.10a}; The Sound of One Shoe Tapping {5.8}; Big Moe {5.11a R - X}; Far Left Route {5.8}; South Face Center {5.9}; Access Route {5.4}; The Y Crack {5.7}; Ozone {5.10c}; Beethoven's Crack {5.7}; Left Hand {5.7}
Busiest Sport Routes: SW Corner {5.6}; Cryptic {5.8}; Child of Light {5.9}; China Doll {5.8}; Heart of the Sun {5.9}; Amazing Face {5.10a}; Loose Lady {5.9}; Pole Position {5.10a}; Sexy Grandma {5.9}; Tsing Tao {5.10b}
Busiest Trad Routes: Royal Arches Route {5.7 A0}; Snake Dike {5.7 R}; The Nutcracker Suite {5.8}; Double Cross {5.7 PG13}; Bishop's Terrace {5.8}; Central Pillar of Frenzy {5.9}; After Six {5.7}; Serenity Crack {5.10d}; Toe Jam {5.7}; Munginella {5.6}
Busiest Boulder Routes: Iron Man {V4}; The Solarium {V4}; Beginner's Crack {V0}; Gunsmoke {5.11+ V3}; King Tut {V3}; Hero Roof {V0}; Ketron Classic {V4}; Amphitheater 1C {5.8}; Amphitheater 1B {5.8}; East Mudball(Crack) {5.7}
Busiest Alpine Routes: Southeast Buttress {5.6 III}; Mountaineer's Route {Class 3}; Northwest Buttress {5.5}; Traverse from South to North {5.7 II}; White Punks on Dope {5.8 III}; East Face {5.7 III}; East Buttress {5.8 III}; Third Pillar {5.10a III}; North Arête {5.8 III}; Swiss Arete {5.7 III}
Most Desirable Routes: Snake Dike {5.7 R}; The Nose {5.9 C2 VI}; Royal Arches Route {5.7 A0}; The Nutcracker Suite {5.8}; East Buttress {5.10b}; The Shield {5.9 A3+ VI}; Walk On The Wild Side {5.8}; Sail Away {5.8}; Munginella {5.6}; The Grack, Center Route {5.6}
Purist Routes: Mockery {5.8}; Bandito {5.8}; Regular Route {5.4}; Cantaloupe of Death {5.10c}; Table Manners {5.9}; Hogwild {5.7}; Feast of Friends {5.9}; Biscuit and Gravy {5.8}; Air Raid {5.9}; Flamethrower {5.11d}
Highest Quality Routes: Necessary Evil {5.10b}; Slash Face {V3}; Marbelous {5.12d R}; Voodoo Chil {5.9 III}; The Terminator; Ghetto Blaster {5.13b}; Data and Picard {V7}; Gangster Hippie {V6}; Green Arch {5.11c}; Alabama Hills Gang {5.10a}
Highest Quality Beginner Routes: North Ridge {5.4 III}; East Arete {Class 3}; Access Route {Class 3}; Northeast Face {Class 4}; East Ridge {Class 3}; West Arete {5.5}; West Face {Class 4}; Route 66 {5.4}; St. Jean Gully {Class 4}; Right On {5.5}
Highest Quality Intermediate Routes: Voodoo Chil {5.9 III}; Wheat Chex {5.7}; Regular Route {5.9}; On the Lamb {5.9}; Ten Days After {5.8 A2 VI}; Alabama Hills Gang {5.10a}; The Pass {5.6}; Rhythm Of The Heart {5.8}; Tribal Rite {5.8 A3}; Made in the Shade {5.9}
Highest Quality Experienced Routes: East Face {5.10d R}; Crystal Clear {V2}; Planet X {B1}; Silent But Deadly {5.11b}; English Hanging Gardens {5.11d}; Valhalla {5.11a}; Green Burrito {V1}; Aliens Are My Friends {5.11a}; Hard Up {V3}; The Last Unicorn {5.11a}
Highest Quality Expert Routes: Watch the Dog {V6}; Ghetto Blaster {5.13b}; Data and Picard {V7}; Big Bob's Big Wedge {V5}; Equinox {5.12c}; Master of Reality {V5}; Castle Corner {5.12c}; Hairline {5.13+}; Gangster Hippie {V6}; Stingray {5.13d}
Highest Quality Elite Routes: Empath {5.15a}; A Maze Of Death {V12}; The Dawn Wall {5.14d}; He Got Game {V10}; Eco Terrorist {V11}; Beefy Gecko {V11}; The Mystery {V12}; Bubba: The Legend {V10}; Bayview Crimp {V12}
Highest Quality Top Rope Routes: Killer Crack {5.10d V1}; Access Route {Class 3}; Sculpture Crack {5.10c}; Falkenstein Face {5.10+}; Right Arête {5.9}; Lakeview Slab Centre {5.10d}; Unknown 5.10d {5.10d}; Unnamed Face {5.11c}; 747 {5.10c}; Angle Grinder Crack {5.10}
Highest Quality Sport Routes: Lesbian Lust {5.9}; Necessary Evil {5.10b}; Probation Violation {5.11d}; Coffee Achiever {5.10b}; Hanuman {5.11d}; Endless Bummer {5.13b}; Excelsior {5.12d}; Ambushed in the Night {5.12a}; A Steep Climb Named Desire {5.13d}; The Pass {5.6}
Highest Quality Trad Routes: East Face {5.10d R}; Marbelous {5.12d R}; Broken Arrow {5.14a}; Equinox {5.12c}; Goodrich Pinnacle, Left {5.9}; On the Lamb {5.9}; Spud Crack {5.10c}; Castle Corner {5.12c}; Green Arch {5.11c}; Hyperion {5.11c}
Highest Quality Boulder Routes: Slash Face {V3}; The Inquisition {V6}; Jedi Mind Tricks {V4 PG13}; Watch the Dog {V6}; Planet X {B1}; Mystical Vibrations {V5}; Data and Picard {V7}; Big Bob's Big Wedge {V5}; Hobbit Hole Offwidth {V0}; Smooth Criminal {V7}
Highest Quality Alpine Routes: North Ridge {5.4 III}; Voodoo Chil {5.9 III}; Direct East Face {5.9 IV}; Southwest Face {5.10c V}; Crossbones {5.10 IV}; Harding Route {5.10b V}; Mithral Dihedral {5.10b III}; Traverse from South to North {5.7 II}; White Punks on Dope {5.8 III}; Southeast Buttress {5.6 III}
Hightest Quality Minor Areas: Curry Village; Pixie Rock; East Face; Southeast Face; East Face; Sorcerer Needle; Upper Tier; Public Sanitation; Fort Ross; Main Wall
Hightest Quality Major Areas: El Capitan; Buttermilks; Mt. Shasta Area; Sequoia National Park; North Lower Merced Canyon; Yosemite Valley; Yosemite National Park; Northern California; Sierra East Side; Southern Sierra Nevada
Hardest Minor Areas: Cascade Cliff; The Mandala Boulder; Hate Handles Boulder; Grandpa Peabody; Jailhouse Rock; The Hate Handles; Lower Cave; North Face; South Star Wall; Owl Tor
Hardest Major Areas: Jailhouse Rock; Boney Bluff; The Peabody Boulders; Table Mountain; Sad Boulders; Mickey's Beach; Pratt's Crack Gully; Santa Monica Mountains; Tablelands; Buttermilks
Easiest Minor Areas: Southern Yosemite Peaks; Spanish Needle Peak; Rubble Wall; Mt. Morrison Area; Mt. Brewer Area; Hollow Rock; Heller Rocks; Rattlesnake Rock; Crowley Towers; Energy Boulder
Easiest Major Areas: Lower Owens Ridge; Indian Wells Canyon; The Reservoir Area; Owens Ridge; High Peaks; Mission Gorge; High Sierra; Mammoth Lakes Area; The Pinnacles; Monterey Bay and Salinas
Busiest Minor Areas: Redacted 1; Point Dume (Zuma Beach); Stream Wall; East Face; West Face; Beethoven's Wall; The Thin Wall; Pub Area (High Tension West); Serenity Crack Area; Trashcan Rock
Busiest Major Areas: Mission Gorge; Indian & Mortar Rocks; Lower Yosemite Falls; Central Gorge; Hall of Horrors; Yosemite Falls; North Lower Merced Canyon; Santee Boulder Field; Candlestein Pass; East Bay
Highest Quality Crags: Jenner Area; Pine Creek Canyon; Buttermilks; Mt. Shasta Area; Sequoia National Park; Redwood Coast; Mickey's Beach; Yosemite National Park; Fossil Falls; Rock Creek; Pirate's Cove; Owens River Gorge; Tablelands; High Sierra; Tahquitz; Mount Saint Helena; Big Bear Lake; Mount Woodson; Lake Tahoe, California Side; Sierra National Forest
Busiest Crags: Mission Gorge; Big Rock; Indian & Mortar Rocks; Glen Canyon; Santee Boulder Field; Owens River Gorge; Williamson Rock; The Canyons; Ring Mountain; Yosemite National Park; New Jack City; Tahquitz; Mount Woodson; Buttermilks; The Pinnacles; Mount Diablo; Stoney Point; Mickey's Beach; Skyline Areas; Joshua Tree National Park
Classic Crags: Yosemite National Park; Joshua Tree National Park; Lake Tahoe, California Side; Owens River Gorge; Buttermilks; High Sierra; Tablelands; Sequoia National Park; The Pinnacles; Skyline Areas; Tahquitz; Sonora Pass
Grade Icons: 5.4 - North Ridge; 5.6 - Southeast Buttress; 5.7 - Snake Dike; 5.8 - The Nutcracker Suite; 5.9 - The Nose; 5.10a - Sons of Yesterday; 5.10b - East Buttress; 5.10c - East Buttress; 5.10d - Serenity Crack; 5.11a - Outer Limits; 5.11b - Silent But Deadly; 5.11c - Knot The End; 5.11d - Center Overhang; 5.12a - Ambushed in the Night; 5.12b - Regular Northwest Face; 5.12c - Equinox; 5.12d - Excelsior; 5.13a - Scott's Arete; 5.13b - Living La Vida Loca; 5.13c - Peace; 5.13d - Relic; 5.14a - Weekend At Bernie's; 5.14b - Eco Terrorist; 5.14c - A Maze Of Death; 5.14d - The Dawn Wall; 5.15a - Empath