Font boulder grade
What grade is 7A?
7A ≈ V6 V-scale
Expert7A is about V6 in V-scale.
It’s grade 19 of 31 here, which run from 4A to 9A. It’s an expert grade: it usually takes years of dedicated climbing, and only a small share of climbers climb it.
Grades around 7A
| Font | V-scale |
|---|---|
| 6B+ | V4 |
| 6C | V5 |
| 6C+ | V5 – V6 |
| 7A | V6 |
| 7A+ | V7 |
| 7B | V7 – V8 |
| 7B+ | V8 |
Questions
- What is 7A in V-scale?
- 7A is about V6 in V-scale. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 7A hard?
- It’s an expert grade: it usually takes years of dedicated climbing, and only a small share of climbers climb it.
- What comes after 7A?
- The next grade up is 7A+ (V7 in V-scale). The grade below is 6C+.
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