Here's how winter climbing grades work. Just when you thought you had grades mastered ... For example, Point Five Gully at V,5 is a benchmark V, while a well protected hard mixed climb might be graded ...

If you are a beginner climber and you feel like you have to learn another language to get on board, you are not alone. Climbing terminology is on a league of its own, but once you know the basics ...

Here's how winter climbing grades work. Just when you thought you had grades mastered ... For example, Point Five Gully at V,5 is a benchmark V, while a well protected hard mixed climb might be graded ...