Climbing Conditions & Training: Is the Rock Dry?

HIGHSET is a web platform built by routesetter Julius Faymonville that provides live bouldering conditions, drying forecasts, friction data, and problems matched to a climber's height. It also offers LOCKOFF, a free climbing training plan, gym log, and hangboard tracking tool that runs in a browser. The service covers climbing areas in Fontainebleau such as Trois Pignons, Cuvier, Franchard, Apremont, Larchant, Buthiers, and Rocher Saint Germain, and includes live status updates on closures such as fire and access bans.

The service is free to use with no stated subscription fees or pricing tiers. Users can access the platform via a website or through dedicated apps for iPhone and Android. There is no mention of a free trial period, but the core features like live conditions and the LOCKOFF training plan are available without cost.

The platform was built by Julius Faymonville, a routesetter based in Fontainebleau who founded gethighroutesetting and helped build Prisma Holds. The service has been available as a web platform and mobile apps, with the web app having 167 unique visitors in the last 30 days. The company is described as a fully independent project.

The platform calculates sector scores every 30 minutes using 48 hours of rain history, evaporation, sun on the actual slope, wind, tree cover, and terrain. The model is physics first, then checked against what climbers report on the ground. Every step is written down on How HIGHSET calculates.

The service provides a Friday morning email newsletter that lists the three driest sectors for Saturday and Sunday, weekend weather, and what is closed. Users can unsubscribe with one click from every mail. The email is sent only once a week.

Some users on Reddit say the platform helps the community avoid standing in front of closed areas during forest fires. The service maps official sector closures live so climbers can plan their trips accordingly. The platform is designed to answer the question honestly: is this rock dry enough to climb today?

The platform will not send users into a closed area; fire and access bans are left out of every recommendation. It also does not pretend to be certain when the forest is still drying, instead saying drying. The model is physics first, then checked against what climbers report on the ground.

The platform is built by a routesetter who climbs in Fontainebleau, not by a weather company. The service is designed to answer one question honestly: is this rock dry enough to climb today? The model is physics first, then checked against what climbers report on the ground.

The official website of Climbing Conditions & Training: Is the Rock Dry? is highset.app.

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