Sep 6, 2023 · I climb at one of the Climbing Hangar gyms (UK) and have never been able to get the grading system totally straight. It’s colour coded but with no reference at all to any of the more formal grading scales.

It's an open-ended scale - the current top grade climbed is V16 - and largely subjective, but it's useful for understanding your progress. At an indoor bouldering centre, the different grades of climb are indicated using different coloured holds.

What grades are the colours at the hangar? Mike: We've moved away from internationally recognised grading systems at the Hangar as they didn't properly reflect what we were trying to achieve. See a previous answer for more detail.

Mar 11, 2016 · climbing for 1.5 years now. i've only climbed at hangar 18 (3 different locations) so i can't compare with other gyms to say my gyms grading is soft or sandbagged.

Whites are supposedly in the v4 to v6 range I believe, Or v5 to v6 not sure. However I've only done 4 or 5 whites and a couple I found much easier then many reds.

There are boards at each centre which explain which colours relate to which grade so you can easily identify problems for your skill level. Our Route Setters (the ones who create the problems) have designed our grades to overlap. This means that you may be able to complete certain problems in the grade above you are working on.

Jan 8, 2011 · The grades are a bit all over the place but as they said on their website, they were more interested in opening on time than getting the grading spot on. Either way the routes were great. I personally prefered the hangar to awesome walls in stoke, it seemed as though the routes had been really thought out with some imagination.

Jan 28, 2022 · Climbing grades describe the objective difficulty of a climb and are organized into grading systems based on the climbing style and the region.

Mar 21, 2022 · See the chart below for an illustrated comparison of indoor vs. outdoor grades. Also below, find 11 tips for better understanding how indoor vs. outdoor bouldering grades stack up, and for planning your first outdoor bouldering excursion. There are …

Learn about the different climbing grades used in bouldering, from V0 to V16, and understand how to interpret the grading system to choose routes that suit your skill level.