YDS route grade
What grade is 5.13a?
5.13a ≈ 7c+ French
Expert5.13a is about 7c+ in French.
It’s grade 17 of 28 here, which run from 5.6 to 5.15d. It’s an expert grade: it usually takes years of dedicated climbing, and only a small share of climbers climb it.
Grades around 5.13a
| YDS | French |
|---|---|
| 5.12b | 7b |
| 5.12c | 7b+ |
| 5.12d | 7c |
| 5.13a | 7c+ |
| 5.13b | 8a |
| 5.13c | 8a+ |
| 5.13d | 8b |
5.13a in every system
- French
- 7c+
- YDS
- 5.13a
- UIAA
- IX+
- Ewbank
- 28
- British
- E6 6c
- Saxon
- Xc
- Norwegian
- 8+
- Brazilian
- IXb
Questions
- What is 5.13a in French?
- 5.13a is about 7c+ in French. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 5.13a 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 5.13a?
- The next grade up is 5.13b (8a in French). The grade below is 5.12d.
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Approximate. Conversions by OpenBeta sandbag; British from RockFax/theCrag tables.