YDS route grade
What grade is 5.14a?
5.14a ≈ 8b+ French
Expert5.14a is about 8b+ in French.
It’s grade 21 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 5.14a
| YDS | French |
|---|---|
| 5.13b | 8a |
| 5.13c | 8a+ |
| 5.13d | 8b |
| 5.14a | 8b+ |
| 5.14b | 8c |
| 5.14c | 8c+ |
| 5.14d | 9a |
5.14a in every system
- French
- 8b+
- YDS
- 5.14a
- UIAA
- X+/XI−
- Ewbank
- 32
- British
- E8 7a
- Saxon
- XIc
- Norwegian
- 9+
- Brazilian
- Xc
Questions
- What is 5.14a in French?
- 5.14a is about 8b+ in French. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 5.14a 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 5.14a?
- The next grade up is 5.14b (8c in French). The grade below is 5.13d.
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Approximate. Conversions by OpenBeta sandbag; British from RockFax/theCrag tables.