Kalymnos Prophitis Andreas

High up on the skyline above Skalia, Prophitis Andreas offers beautiful views and lovely climbing on slabs and walls. The rock is mostly good and the routes are long and well equipped. An 80m rope and plenty of quick draws are necessary. The left hand has some hard, and sometimes painful routes with bouldery starts. It is not clear if all bolted lines here have been climbed, but will be 8a or harder. The middle section from the route Prophitis Andreas rightwards contains the best routes.The right hand side has climbs of varying quality. The crag gets the sun after midday, and can be exposed to all but a north wind.

Region
Greece - Kalymnos
Rock Type
Limestone
Altitude
500m
Number of routes
40
Faces
South West
Sun
In the sun after midday
Climbing Area
Kalymnos
Directions

Follow the road from Masouri to Skalia village and turn right at the end of the village up the steep road that leads to Paleoniso. Follow this through several hairpin turns to the col and park there. The track to the crag goes north east and is marked with cairns. It leads on the north side of the ridge to a stone wall where you cross to the south side and thern a short descent takes you to the crag. About 20 minutes from the parking.

Kalymnos Prophitis Andreas climbing topo

Sport and bolted routes

Topo Ref Route Sport Grade Length Quality Description Tick
00 PROPHITIS LEFT HAND SIDE

The first sector you reach has a couple of easier routes and then a set of hard sometimes painful routes out of the overhangs
01 No Credit 5b 20m

The first route, 10m left of the next route
02 Cepasidur 6b+ 20m
03 Pax Alsaciana 7b+ 15m
08 Gruviera 7c+ 20m

Boulder start
09 To Taksidi 7c 20m
10 Torcicollo 7c+ 30m

Again, hard at the start
11 Nemo propheta in patria 7b 30m
12 Senza sosta 7b+ 30m
13 Calliopi 7a+ 30m **

A bouldery start, then pleasant to the top
14 Helleni 7a 30m **
15 Prophitis Andreas 6c+ 35m Gold

The routes now start to improve in quality. The route of the crag is sustained, on perfect rock, never too difficult and well bolted
16 Le talent 6c+ 40m

Harder for the small
17 Pame Roger 6b+ 30m

Slab and then the corner
17e Pame Roger extension 6c 40m
18 Pame Hilti 7a 30m
19 Bonjour viellesse 6b+ 25m
20 Damocles is watching you 6a+ 35m
21 L'armée du Prophéte 6b 25m

Nice rock to the first lower off
21e L'armée du Prophéte extension 6b+ 35m

The extension is thin
22 Thavmasia 5c+ 25m
23 The Lords 6a+ 40m

A long pitch
24 Cima Piccola 6a 37m ***
25 Le retour du Strategie 6a 37m **
26 Tyche 6a+ 40m
27 Philotimia 6b 25m

Steep start then easier on big holds
28 Rien dans la tete 7a 20m

Again a hard start then easier
30 SECTOR PROPHITIS RIGHT

THE RIGHT HAND SIDE lower down the hillside
31 Tsopanakos 7a+ 30m

A hard start then strenuous to the lower off
32 Ephémère eternité 6c 35m

A long route up the chimney and headwall
33 Le combat des chefs 7a 40m
34 Alzheimer 6b 40m
35 Libertad 6a+ 25m
36 Save the Forest 6b 40m

Wall then slab
37 Just bolted 6a+ 35m
38 Pour notre ami Christian 5c+ 35m
39 Entre nous 5c 35m
40 No extension 5b 35m
41 Serial driller 5c+ 35m
42 Lavraki 5c+ 35m
43 Y a de la pomme 6a+ 30m
44 Y a autre chose Roger 6c 30m

The red corner
45 Dirty Poets 7a 45m
46 Roger de l'Ill 6c+ 100m

A multi pitch route going to the top of the right hand side of the crag. 1) 6c+ 35m; 2) 6b+ 40m; 3) 5c+ 25m; Follow the red marks to descend  

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