Low-end Bouldering Grades V0. There are basically no gym-level V0s outside. Demarcated outdoor V0s are more akin to your average gym V2, but that doesn't mean that you can't find easy lines.

In addition to the class of the climb, most guides will also mention crux and grades. The crux is the basis for climbing ratings and some guidebooks will provide further emphasis on difficulty by ...

“It’s so obvious to me that the old routes are the hardest,” said pro climber Jonathan Siegrist, of Boulder, when I interviewed him for a recent Rock and Ice magazine article. Whe… ...

Going back to the combined grade, you should see how the combination of these two grades goes to suggest the difficulty of a climb, and what type of difficulty this might be. As a help, climbs of a ...

In fact, climbing grades are less qualitative, less systematic and less reliable than any yardstick in any other sport I can think of. We squabble, yell, ...