Comparisons of Bouldering Grades
Many attempts have been made to correlate the various grading systems, comparing not only grades in different bouldering systems, but also bouldering grades with traditional or sport climbing grades as well. Sometimes, there will be lack of agreement among boulderers on the difficulty of a particular problem using a single system, due to differences in size, reach, and other factors. That makes a consensus about equivalences among the various systems even less likely.
| Bouldering Rating Systems | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hueco (USA) |
B | Font. (French) |
| V0 | B1 | 4 |
| V0+ | B2 | 4+ |
| V1 | B3 | 5 |
| V2 | B4 | 5+ |
| V3 | B5 | 6A/6A+ |
| V4 | B6 | 6B/6B+ |
| V5 | 6C/6C+ | |
| V6 | B7 | 6C+/7A |
| V7 | B8 | 7A+ |
| V8 | 7B/7B+ | |
| V9 | B9 | 7B+/7C |
| V10 | B10 | 7C+ |
| V11 | B11 | 8A |
| V12 | B12 | 8A+ |
| V13 | B13 | 8B |
| V14 | B14 | 8B+ |
| V15 | B15 | 8C |
| V16 | B16 | 8C+ |
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