Font boulder grade
What grade is 8C?
8C ≈ V15 V-scale
Expert8C is about V15 in V-scale.
It’s grade 29 of 31 here, which run from 4A to 9A. It’s at the very top of the scale: only a small number of the world’s strongest climbers have climbed it.
Grades around 8C
| Font | V-scale |
|---|---|
| 8A+ | V12 |
| 8B | V13 |
| 8B+ | V14 |
| 8C | V15 |
| 8C+ | V16 |
| 9A | V17 |
Questions
- What is 8C in V-scale?
- 8C is about V15 in V-scale. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 8C hard?
- It’s at the very top of the scale: only a small number of the world’s strongest climbers have climbed it.
- What comes after 8C?
- The next grade up is 8C+ (V16 in V-scale). The grade below is 8B+.
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