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What grade is 7C?
7C ≈ V9 V-scale
Expert7C is about V9 in V-scale.
It’s grade 23 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 7C
| Font | V-scale |
|---|---|
| 7A+ | V7 |
| 7B | V7 – V8 |
| 7B+ | V8 |
| 7C | V9 |
| 7C+ | V10 |
| 8A | V11 |
| 8A+ | V12 |
Questions
- What is 7C in V-scale?
- 7C is about V9 in V-scale. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 7C 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 7C?
- The next grade up is 7C+ (V10 in V-scale). The grade below is 7B+.
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