Rütenen
A quiet crag near to the pretty little village of Himmelried. The routes are relatively short, but what they lack in height they more than make up for in difficulty! Perhaps the grades are boulder grades rather than French sport grades. The crag is north west facing and so mostly shady, this is good in the summer, but slow drying the rest of the year.
Drive from Grellingen towards Nunningen and take the turning to Himmelried. After 50m turn left and park immediately on the left. From here follow the track for 5 minutes to just before it descends and take a faint track that leads up and right to the crag. 5 to 10 minutes from the parking
Sport and bolted routes
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| 00 | SECTOR | PICCOLINOS. The furthest sector left. The routes here are short and spread apart |
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| 01 | Miraculix | 7a+ | 10m | About 100m left of the "Denker" is the furthest buttress which has two routes next to each other. The left hand has a boulder move over a small roof |
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| 02 | Asterix | 5c | 10m | Just right of Miraculix |
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| 03 | Idefix | 5c | 12m | About 60m left of the "Denker" is a buttress with three routes on it. The left hand is the easiest |
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| 04 | Verlehnix | 6a | 12m | The shallow corner |
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| 05 | Herjemine | 6b | 12m | A few metres to the right of Verlehnix |
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| 06 | Obelix | 5c | A crack about 40m left of the "Denker". |
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| 07 | Nase | 7b | Starts as for Obelix and moves right with difficulty |
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| 08 | Moccichino | 5b | |
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| 09 | Piccolino | 5c | The bulge 25m left of Royal Orleans |
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| 10 | Topolino | 5b | The cracked wall right of Piccolino |
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| 11 | Eisfinger | 6a | Pleasant climbing right of Topolino |
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| 13 | White Rabbit | 6a+ | On the buttress just left of new Orleans |
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| 14 | Standardisation | 7b+ | 15m | A direct line at the left hand side of the buttress above the "Denker" |
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| 15 | Royal Orleans | 6b | 15m | Climb up and right to the crack to finish as for Standardisation. Hard |
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| 16 | Howard Stern Gedächtnisweg | 6c | 15m | Start right of Royal Orleans and finish at the same lower off |
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| 19 | Schön nach liebe | 6c+ | 15m | |
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| 21 | SECTOR | DER DENKER. The isolated boulder left of the main sector has a project on the left and a trio of bouldery routes, finishing at the same lower-off, on its right hand side |
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| 23 | Denk mal! | 7c | 10m | |
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| 24 | Denken, dann einhenken | 7b | 10m | |
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| 25 | Die rechte Hand des Grauens ... | 7a | 10m | ... aus der tiefe der Höll |
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| 30 | SECTOR | RÜTENEN ART The first sector that you reach is the best |
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| 31 | Kerosin | 7a | 15m | At the left hand side of the first sector. Fingery climbing. |
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| 32 | Embrionic Journey | 6b+ | 15m | The wall and crack to the right of Kerosin |
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| 33 | Mandrake Root | 5c+ | 15m | The corner crack is enjoyable |
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| 34 | Sultans of Swing | 6c | 15m | Balancy and difficult climbing up the shallow arete |
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| 35 | Living Loving Maid | 6a | 15m | The obvious layback flake is harder than it looks |
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| 36 | Korrigiert am 26 Juni 1997 | 7b | 15m | |
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| 37 | Sevoso | 7b | 15m | A good route on shallow pockets |
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| 38 | Dioxin | 6c+ | 15m | Start as for Seveso and move right. |
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| 39 | The long way of Island | 8a | 15m | |
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| 40 | Le triangle inutile | 7b | 15m | Bouldery |
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| 41 | Tea for Two | 6c+ | 15m | A companion route to tea for one, with similar moves on pockets |
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| 42 | Tea for One | 6c | 15m | Nice bouldery moves on large pockets |
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| 43 | Rote Zora | 7b | 15m | The gently overhanging, fingery wall is sustained to the end |
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| 44 | Fahrstuhl des Herrn | 7a+ | 15m | The blunt arete |
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| 45 | Rütenen Art | 5b | 10m | The first route at the right hand side of the crag. Short and bouldery, and definitely a boulder grade! |
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