Ice Climbing Ratings

Ice, Mixed, Aid, and Commitment ratings

Equivalent Climb Ratings

From: ekoperen@cs.vu.nl (Ellert van Koperen)

+------+--------+-------+------+------+--------+--------+--------+
| UIAA | Dresde |  USA  |  UK  | Aus. | France | Norway | Sweden |
+------+--------+-------+------+------+--------+--------+--------+
|  5   |        |       |      |      |        |   5-   |   5-   |
|  5+  |  VIIa  |  5.7  |  4b  |      |  5a    |   5    |   5    |
+------+        +-------+------+      +--------+        |        |
|  6-  |  VIIb  |  5.8  |  4c  |      |  5b    |   5+   |   5+   |
|  6   |        +-------+------+      +--------+--------+--------+
|  6+  |  VIIc  |  5.9  |  5a  |      |  5c    |   6-   |   6-   |
+------+--------+-------+------+      +--------+        |        |
|  7-  |  VIIIa | -   a |      |      |        |   6    |   6    |
|      |        |     b |  5b  |  19  |  6a    |        |        |
|  7   |  VIIIb | 5.10  +------+  20  +--------+   6+   |   6+   |
|      |        |     c |      |  21  |        +--------+        |
|  7+  |  VIIIc | +   d |  5c  |      |  6b    |   7-   +--------+
+------+--------+-------+------+------+--------+        |        |
|  8-  |   IXa  | -   a |      |  22  |        |        |   7-   |
|      |        |     b |  6a  |  23  |  6c    |        |        |
|  8   |   IXb  | 5.11  +------+      +--------+   7    |        |
|      |        |     c |      |  24  |        |        |   7    |
|  8+  |   IXc  | +   d |  6b  |  25  |  7a    |   7+   |        |
|      |        |       |      |      |        +--------+        |
+------+--------+-------+------+------+--------+   8-   |   7+   |
|  9-  |   Xa   | -   a |      |      |        |        +--------+
|      |        |     b |  6c  |  26  |  7b    |        |        |
|  9   |        | 5.12  |      |      |        |   8    |   8-   |
|      |        |     c +------+  27  +--------+        |        |
|  9+  |        | +   d |      |      |    -   |   8+   |   8    |
+------+        +-------+  7a  +------+  7c    +--------+        |
|      |        | -   a |      |  28  |    +   |        |        |
|      |        |       |      |      +--------+        |        |
|  10- |        |     b |      |  29  |  8a    |   9-   |   8+   |
|      |        | 5.13  |      |      |        |        +--------+
|  10  |        |     c |      |  30  |    +   |   9    |   9-   |
|      |        |       |      |      +--------+        |        |
|      |        | +   d |      |  31  |  8b    |        |        |
+------+--------+-------+------+------+        |        |        |
|      |        | -   a |      |  32  |    +   |        |        |
|      |        |       |      |      +--------+        |        |
|      |        |     b |      |  33  |  8c    |        |        |
|  11  |        | 5.14  |      |      |        |        |        |
|      |        |     c |      |  34  |    +   |        |        |
|      |        |       |      |      +--------+        |        |
|      |        | +   d |      |  35  |  9a    |        |        |
+------+--------+-------+------+------+--------+--------+--------+