Grade Colour Codes
All the routes in this database are assigned a colour code which spans the various different grading systems. The aim of the colour code is to equate to routes which a climber of a certain ability might like to consider. This means that sport routes and boulder problems of a certain colour tend to have harder moves than their equivalent-coloured trad routes since they are, on the whole, less serious undertakings.
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| Sport Routes | up to 4+ | 5 to 6a+ | 6b to 7a | 7a+ and up |
| Trad Routes | up to S | HS to HVS | E1 to E3 | E4 and up |
| Boulder Problems | up to V0 | V0+ to V2 | V3 to V6 | V7 and up |
| Winter Routes | up to II | II/III to III | IV to V | VI and up |
| Ice Routes | up to WI 3 | WI 4 to WI 5 | WI 6 to WI 7 | WI 8 and up |
| Mixed Routes | up to M2 | M3 to M4 | M5 to M6 | M7 and up |
| Norwegian Routes | up to 4+ | 5- to 6- | 6 to 7- | 7 and up |
Crag Symbols
The crag symbols give a summary of the type of climbing found at each crag. There may well be exceptions eg. boulder problems on route crags, a trad route on a predominantly sport climbing crag.
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Mixed
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| Trad climbing requiring hand-placed protection | Sport climbing with fixed bolted protection | Bouldering | Deep water soloing | A crag with routes of different styles | Winter (ice) climbing |
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| Approach walk angle | Time crag is in the sun | Approximate angle of crag | Abseil approach required |
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| Seepage after bad weather | Dry climbing in the rain | A windy and exposed crag | A tidal sea cliff |
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A crag with access restrictions – either a banned crag or a crag where there is special access information. | ||
Route Symbols
These refer to the type of climbing found on individual routes.
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| Quality stars | Powerful climbing | Technical climbing | Fluttery climbing with a big fall potential | Sustained climbing – pumpy or lots of hard moves | Fingery climbing – sharp holds! |
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| A long reach may be required | Rounded holds | A dyno move (bouldering) | A sit-down start (bouldering) | A graunchy route – not specifically for hand and fist jams. | Banned. Do not climb this route. |
