YDS route grade
What grade is 5.13d?
5.13d ≈ 8b French
Expert5.13d is about 8b in French.
It’s grade 20 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 5.13d
| YDS | French |
|---|---|
| 5.13a | 7c+ |
| 5.13b | 8a |
| 5.13c | 8a+ |
| 5.13d | 8b |
| 5.14a | 8b+ |
| 5.14b | 8c |
| 5.14c | 8c+ |
5.13d in every system
- French
- 8b
- YDS
- 5.13d
- UIAA
- X+
- Ewbank
- 31
- British
- E8 7a
- Saxon
- XIc
- Norwegian
- 9
- Brazilian
- Xb
Questions
- What is 5.13d in French?
- 5.13d is about 8b in French. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 5.13d 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 5.13d?
- The next grade up is 5.14a (8b+ in French). The grade below is 5.13c.
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Approximate. Conversions by OpenBeta sandbag; British from RockFax/theCrag tables.