The grading systems are described in specific articles:

• What is the alpine grade?
• Grades for rock
• Aid climbing grades
• Grades for snow, ice and mixed routes
• Ice climbing and dry-tooling grades on c2c
• Grades for ski-touring, ski-mountaineering and snowshoeing
• Snowshoeing grades
• Grades for hiking and scrambling
• Paragliding grades
• Mountain biking grades
• Grades for Via Ferrata

The equipment for rock climbing and mountaineering routes is subject to an internal rating system (P1-P4), the meaning of which varies depending on the activity.