Font boulder grade
What grade is 8A?
8A ≈ V11 V-scale
Expert8A is about V11 in V-scale.
It’s grade 25 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 8A
| Font | V-scale |
|---|---|
| 7B+ | V8 |
| 7C | V9 |
| 7C+ | V10 |
| 8A | V11 |
| 8A+ | V12 |
| 8B | V13 |
| 8B+ | V14 |
Questions
- What is 8A in V-scale?
- 8A is about V11 in V-scale. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 8A 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 8A?
- The next grade up is 8A+ (V12 in V-scale). The grade below is 7C+.
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