Chalengraben
Chalengraben is a beautiful gorge tucked away in the hillside above Hofstetten. It has a few short and difficult routes that can be really pleasant in the spring, summer and autumn. Due to the narrowness of the gorge, and hence lack of sun it is slow to dry after rain. The climbs have a convenient picnic table under them, and a walk up the gorge to the Bergmatten restaurant is worthwhile in its own right.
Follow the road through Hofstetten in the direction of Mariastein, and just before you leave the village is a turning on the left signposted for Restaurant Bergmatten. Follow this road for a few hundred metres to a car park. You can warm up here on the trim trail. Having completed a couple of circuits of that, head up into the gorge, and after just a few minutes the crag comes into view with a nice picnic table under the largest roof.
Camping at Reinach in Switzerland and at Bendorf in France
Sport and bolted routes
| Topo Ref | Route | Sport Grade | Length | Quality | Description | Tick |
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| 01 | Have you tied in today | 6c | 15m |  |
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| 02 | Hektisch, homogen, heikel | 8a | 11m | A local test piece |
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| 03 | Orduro e Progresso | 8a+ | 12m | |
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| 04 | Schlacht der Lügen | 7b+ | 11m | |
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| 05 | Suspect | 6a+ | 6m | * | Short but sweet |
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| 06 | Das staubige Wunder | 6c+ | 11m | |
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| 07 | Dilemma | 7a+ | 18m | |
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| 08 | bissspuren am After | 6c | 17m | ** | |
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| 09 | Über-Lebens-Lust | 7a | 13m | * | |
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| 10 | Chelle grabe im Chellegrabe | 7b+ | 11m | |
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| 11 | Seufzer ohne Ende | 6c+ | 12m | |
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| 12 | Ob dem Bächli | 6a | 8m | This and the next 3 routes are on the first buttress you meet |
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| 13 | Rächts ob dem Bächli | 6b | 8m | Same lower off as Ob dem Bächli |
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| 14 | Also doch, uringetränktes Erdreich | 7b+ | 8m | |
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| 15 | Ob der Scheisse | 7c | 8m | same lower off as "..Erdeich" |
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