French sport grade
What grade is 7c+?
7c+ ≈ 5.13a YDS
Expert7c+ is about 5.13a in YDS.
It’s grade 24 of 35 here, which run from 4a to 9c. It’s an expert grade: it usually takes years of dedicated climbing, and only a small share of climbers climb it.
Grades around 7c+
| French | YDS |
|---|---|
| 7b | 5.12b |
| 7b+ | 5.12c |
| 7c | 5.12d |
| 7c+ | 5.13a |
| 8a | 5.13b |
| 8a+ | 5.13c |
| 8b | 5.13d |
7c+ in every system
- French
- 7c+
- YDS
- 5.13a
- UIAA
- IX+
- Ewbank
- 28
- British
- E6 6c
- Saxon
- Xc
- Norwegian
- 8+
- Brazilian
- IXb
Questions
- What is 7c+ in YDS?
- 7c+ is about 5.13a in YDS. 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 8a (5.13b in YDS). The grade below is 7c.
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Approximate. Conversions by OpenBeta sandbag; British from RockFax/theCrag tables.