Climbing

Climbing
Proposal status:	Draft (under way)
Proposed by:	Steve Hill
Tagging:	climbing=* Data item
Applies to:
Definition:	climbing routes and crags
Statistics:
Draft started:	2008-04-18

This proposal is for a set of tags to describe climbing routes and crags. Never went through RFC/voting but is apparently in use - see https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=climbing#keys

See also sport=climbing.

Climbing Routes

Climbing routes can be mapped with a single node marking the bottom of the route, tagged as climbing=route_bottom, or two nodes tagged with climbing=route_bottom and climbing=route_top connected by a way tagged as climbing=route.

Since climbing routes are generally quite vertical, the start and end nodes may be almost on top of each other. The rationale behind allowing two nodes and a connecting way, even though they may be extremely close on the map, is to allow a path connecting to the bottom of the route to be differentiated from a path connecting to the top. As such, if there is no top-access to the route, only a single node, marking the start, is probably preferable - see discussion.

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Example	Icon
name	*		Name of the route
climbing	route_bottom		This is the bottom of a climbing route.
climbing	route_top		This is the top of a climbing route.
climbing	route		This is the route itself (but see the note above).
climbing:rock	limestone sandstone slate etc.		What type of rock is it? (Note: this could be placed on a relation - see "Crags", below).
climbing:grade:british:adjectival	Easy M D HD VD HVD S HS VS HVS E1 E2 E3 etc.		British adjectival grade for the route
climbing:grade:british:technical	4a 4b 4c 5a etc		British technical grade for the route
climbing:grade:french	4a 4b 4c 5a etc		French grade for the route
climbing:grade:ewbank	4 5 6 etc		Ewbank grade for the route
climbing:grade:brazilian	6 6sup 7a etc		Brazilian grade for the route
climbing:grade:uiaa	III IV V etc		UIAA grade for the route
climbing:grade:saxon	V VI VIIa VIIb VIIc VIIIa etc		grade for the route as used in Saxon Switzerland
climbing:grade:alpine	F PD AD D TD ED		French Alpine System
climbing:grade:yds_grade	II III IV etc		Yosemite Decimal System grade for the route
climbing:grade:yds_class	1 2 3 5.6 5.10b etc		Yosemite Decimal System class for the route
climbing:grade:yds_protection	G PG R X		Yosemite Decimal System protection rating for the route
climbing:grade:hueco	V0 V1 V2 etc.		Hueco bouldering grade
climbing:bolted	yes no (default)		Is the route bolted?
climbing:length	*		The length of the route (in metres)
climbing:pitches	*		How many pitches make up the route? (Defaults to 1)

Crags

All of the routes within a crag can be grouped into a relation and must be tagged with climbing=crag.

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Example	Icon
climbing	crag		This is a crag.
name	*		Name of the crag
climbing:rock	limestone sandstone slate etc.		What type of rock is it?

Boulders

Boulders are small rocks that have "problems" instead of routes. Sometimes they can be climbed with less protection than other areas to practice moves.

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Example	Icon
climbing	boulder		This is a boulder
name	*		Name of the boulder
climbing:rock	limestone sandstone slate etc.		What type of rock is it?

Related tags

Accepted Map Features are:

• natural=bare_rock
• natural=cliff
• natural=stone
• natural=scree
• natural=glacier
• highway=path
• sac_scale=*

Related

• Waterfalls - do not have a definitive tagging yet but may be usefull

Proposed Features where we could share ideas and maybe re-use common tags:

• via ferrata proposal
• Proposed features/high rope course
• See also the German version of sport=climbing - it contains a JOSM tagging preset and the nucleus of a proposal aiming to map climbing sites like climbing areas, sectors, crags/boulders/... and of course halls