Font boulder grade
What grade is 7B?
7B ≈ V7 – V8 V-scale
Expert7B is about V7 – V8 in V-scale.
It’s grade 21 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 7B
| Font | V-scale |
|---|---|
| 6C+ | V5 – V6 |
| 7A | V6 |
| 7A+ | V7 |
| 7B | V7 – V8 |
| 7B+ | V8 |
| 7C | V9 |
| 7C+ | V10 |
Questions
- What is 7B in V-scale?
- 7B is about V7 – V8 in V-scale. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 7B 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 7B?
- The next grade up is 7B+ (V8 in V-scale). The grade below is 7A+.
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