UIAA climbing grade system

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climbing grade system rock climbing difficulty scale

The UIAA climbing grade system is an internationally used scale, originating in Europe, that rates the difficulty of rock climbs using Roman numerals and plus/minus modifiers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Alpine (UIAA) adjectival scale 1
Alpine grading system 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf climbing grade system ⓘ
rock climbing difficulty scale ⓘ
abbreviation UIAA scale NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo free climbing ⓘ
sport climbing ⓘ
traditional climbing ⓘ
comparedWith British trad grade system ⓘ
French sport climbing grade system ⓘ
Yosemite Decimal System NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedBy UIAA NERFINISHED ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo aid climbing difficulty ⓘ
doesNotMeasure objective hazards ⓘ
overall route seriousness ⓘ
protection quality ⓘ
field mountaineering ⓘ
rock climbing ⓘ
fullName Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme climbing grade system NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody UIAA NERFINISHED ⓘ
gradeFormat Roman numeral with optional plus or minus ⓘ
historicalOrigin alpine rock climbing ⓘ
includesGrade IV ⓘ
IX ⓘ
V ⓘ
VI ⓘ
VII ⓘ
VIII ⓘ
X ⓘ
XI ⓘ
XII ⓘ
lowestCommonGrade III ⓘ
measures technical difficulty of the hardest moves ⓘ
notationExample VI+ ⓘ
VII- ⓘ
originatedIn Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfCommonUse Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
scaleType open-ended scale ⓘ
typicalRange III to XII ⓘ
usedBy rock climbers ⓘ
usedFor rating difficulty of rock climbs ⓘ
usedIn internationally ⓘ
usedOn alpine rock routes ⓘ
multi-pitch routes ⓘ
single-pitch routes ⓘ
usesModifier minus sign ⓘ
plus sign ⓘ
usesNumerals Roman numerals ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yosemite Decimal System → comparedWith → UIAA climbing grade system ⓘ
Mont Blanc normal route → difficultySystem → UIAA climbing grade system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine (UIAA) adjectival scale
Eiger North Face → difficultySystem → UIAA climbing grade system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine grading system