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Mission Cliffs grades, explained

Mission Cliffs is a Touchstone Climbing gym at 2295 Harrison Street in San Francisco's Mission District, and Touchstone calls it the city's first climbing gym. It opened in 1995 (Touchstone marked its 20th anniversary in 2015). It offers top-rope and lead climbing plus a bouldering area, along with a weight room and yoga classes. Touchstone lists about 23,000 sq ft of climbing terrain.

Day passesGym websiteDirectionsDay pass $35 · hours and prices below

Bouldering grades

Each boulder problem is set in one hold colour and has a start tag with a single suggested V-grade. Touchstone uses this at every gym except Hyperion.

The gym grades in V-scale directly. Here is the range gyms usually set, in Font:

V-scaleFont
VB3
V04B–4B+
V15A–5B
V25B–5C
V35C+–6A+
V46A+–6B+
V56C–6C+
V66C+–7A
V77A+–7B
V87B–7B+
V97C
V107C+
V118A
V128A+

Look up any grade in V-scale

Rope climbing grades

Top-rope and lead routes are labelled with a Yosemite Decimal System (YDS) grade at the start of the route.

The gym grades in YDS directly. Here is the range gyms usually set, in French:

YDSFrench
5.64a–4b
5.74b–4c
5.84c+–5a+
5.95b–5c
5.105c–6b+
5.116b+–7a+
5.127a+–7c
5.137c+–8b
5.148b+–9a

Look up any grade in YDS

Touchstone Climbing grades the same way at all 17 of its gyms. All Touchstone Climbing gyms and grades

From the gym's own grading guide. Gyms reset and regrade often, and grades vary between setters, so treat this as a guide and check the boards when you visit.

Visiting Mission Cliffs

Address
2295 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, United StatesGoogle MapsApple MapsOpenStreetMap
Booking
Walk in: no booking neededOpen to the public with no appointment; every visitor needs a waiver on file, which can be completed online before arriving.Day passes
Prices
Day pass · adult$35
Day pass · child12 and under$30
Day pass · concessionAccess to Climbing rate; needs a current California EBT/Medi-Cal card and photo ID$15
Off-peak entry · adultWeekdays before 3 pm, excluding holidays$30
10-visit pass · adultGood at all Touchstone gyms; expires after 1 year; waives the membership initiation fee$300
Monthly · adult1-month pass, valid for 30 days from purchase$130
Shoe hire$4
Harness hire$2
Day pass $35, or $30 on weekdays before 3 pm (not on holidays). Ongoing membership is $120/month plus a $100 initiation fee, with discounts for students, seniors, teachers, military and juniors.All prices on the gym's site
Opening hours
Mon–Fri06:00–22:00
Sat–Sun09:00–19:00
Most pages list Saturday and Sunday as 9:00-19:00, but the contact page's hours section says 8:00-19:00; check before a weekend early start.Hours on the gym's site
First visit
What to know before your first visit
Phone
+1 415-550-0515
Photos
Gym's galleryInstagramPhotos on Google Maps

Hours and prices from the gym's own website, checked 3 October 2026. They change, so check before you go.

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Sources

  1. Touchstone Climbing: Routesetting Approach
  2. Touchstone: Mission Cliffs gym page
  3. Touchstone blog: Sweat SF - everything you need to know about Mission Cliffs (2014-12-19)

Checked 2 October 2026. Gear Loop isn't affiliated with Mission Cliffs.