Font boulder grade
What grade is 8B?
8B ≈ V13 V-scale
Expert8B is about V13 in V-scale.
It’s grade 27 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 8B
| Font | V-scale |
|---|---|
| 7C+ | V10 |
| 8A | V11 |
| 8A+ | V12 |
| 8B | V13 |
| 8B+ | V14 |
| 8C | V15 |
| 8C+ | V16 |
Questions
- What is 8B in V-scale?
- 8B is about V13 in V-scale. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 8B 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 8B?
- The next grade up is 8B+ (V14 in V-scale). The grade below is 8A+.
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