List of Crags
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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Greece - Kalymnos | Kalymnos Olympic Wall | Steep slabs and walls, on the big cra above Odyssey. Rough rock with lots of big tufas and pockets that give excellent climbing. Gets the sun after about 1.30pm |
Limestone | 400m | 40 | North West | Greece - Kalymnos | |
Greece - Kalymnos | 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. |
Limestone | 500m | 40 | South West | Greece - Kalymnos | |
Greece - Kalymnos | Kalymnos Arginonta skyline | With fantastic views over Arginonta bay, a sense of loneliness, and some quality rock and routes to match, the Arginonta skyline is well worth the longer walk. |
Limestone | 300m | 80 | South West | Greece - Kalymnos | |
Greece - Kalymnos | Kalymnos Secret Garden | Being one of the few crags that gets the shade all day has meant that the once "Secret" Garden has become a "very well known and popular" garden. |
Limestone | 200m | 50 | North | Greece - Kalymnos | |
Greece - Leonidio | Leonidio Nifada | Developed in 2015 by Austrian climbers Angela Eiter and Bernie Ruech, Nifada is a steep tufa ridden crag on the road between Elona and Kosmas, a few kilometres away from the main Leonidio sites. |
Limestone | 800m | 15 | Greece - Leonidio | ||
Greece - Kalymnos | Kalymnos Spartacus | A popular crag, with some excellent long and hard routes. Spartacus is a large cave that does not get the sun until late in the day, hence the popularity. |
Limestone | 300m | 50 | North West | Greece - Kalymnos | |
Greece - Leonidio | Leonidio Hada | An excellent overhanging crag protected by big roofs in a large gorge. The steep scramble to the bottom of the routes (not suitable for small children) give the climbs that extra bit of exposure. |
Limestone | 200m | 30 | North East | Greece - Leonidio | |
Greece - Kalymnos | Kalymnos Snake Valley | Steep overhanging climbing and a few wall climbs north of Sympleglades |
Limestone | 400m | 20 | South East | Greece - Kalymnos | |
Greece - Kalymnos | Kalymnos Pezonda | A relatively remote crag reached from the top of the Arginonta pass with late afternoon shade. It has several sectors with varying quality of rock, from poor to excellent. |
Limestone | 250m | 50 | 5b - 8b | East | Greece - Kalymnos |
Greece - Kalymnos | Kalymnos Red Wall | A conspicuous crag just a kilometre from Palionisos Bay, the Red Wall has some excellent steep and technical fingery routes on generally good rock. |
Limestone | 50m | 25 | 6a to 7a+ | South | Greece - Kalymnos |
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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Spain - Costa Blanca | Pego | A pleasant crag that is difficult to find, just outside the village of Pego. |
Limestone | 200m | 25 | 5a - 7c | South | Spain - Costa Blanca |
Spain - Costa Blanca | Sella - Hidden Valley, Wild Side | One of the best crags in the area, if you climb 7b and above. Long, steep routes up to 40m in length. |
Limestone | 700m | 50 | 7a - 8c | North | Spain - Costa Blanca |
Spain - Rodellar | Rodellar - Criminal Tango | Steep climbing with a few excellent tufa climbs in the mid grades. Getting polished |
Limestone | 750m | 10 | 6b - 7b | East | Spain - Rodellar |
Spain - Rodellar | Rodellar - Bisagra | An excellent cliff with a handful of steep wall climbs on good rock. Gets the sun after about 2pm. |
Limestone | 800m | 10 | 6c - 7c | West | Spain - Rodellar |
Spain - Rodellar | Rodellar - Piton d'o Cuervo | The impressive pinnacle between Temps des Nuits and Pince sans Rire has some excellent short routes on it's left hand side, and longer, harder ones up it's front face. |
Limestone | 800m | 15 | 6a - 7c | East | Spain - Rodellar |
Spain - Rodellar | Rodellar - Pince sans rire | A lovely crag with some shaded warm ups for the morning, and sustained test pieces for the afternoon when the sun has slowly moved off the right hand face. |
Limestone | 800m | 30 | 6b - 8c | All | Spain - Rodellar |
Spain - Rodellar | Rodellar - La Surgencia | La Surgencia is an impressive cliff at the end of the Rodellar valley, where the Rio Mascun is met by the Barranco del Andrebod. It is a crag of two halves. |
Limestone | 800m | 20 | 7a - 8c | North East | Spain - Rodellar |
Spain - Rodellar | Rodellar - Culo inquieto | A small cave with a few short steep routes that has the advantage of shade in the afternoon and being very close to a lovely bathing pool and beach that gets the sun in the afternoon. |
Limestone | 800m | 5 | 7a+ - 7c+ | East | Spain - Rodellar |
Spain - Rodellar | Rodellar - Aquest any si | Located just round the corner from the 6s of Criminal Tango, Aquest any si picks up where that crag left off, with a bunch of fine grade 7s. |
Limestone | 800m | 15 | 6b - 8c | North East | Spain - Rodellar |
Spain - Rodellar | Rodellar - Las Ventanas and El Delfin | El Delfin is a hole in a huge limestone wall that when viewed from the North looks uncannily like a dolphin. |
Limestone | 800m | 50 | 6a - 8c | All | Spain - Rodellar |
Spain - Rodellar | Rodellar - El camino | A useful crag to avoid the sun in the morning and develop your technique on steep, crimpy, polished, well bolted limestone. |
Limestone | 800m | 30 | 6a - 7b | West | Spain - Rodellar |
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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Switzerland - Basler Jura | Bärtel | A quiet crag set in a beautiful location just under the Risenberg summit. Bärtel has a steady and pleasant uphill walk to reach it, and then some testing routes. |
Limestone | 650m | 20 | 6a to 7c | South West | Switzerland - Basler Jura |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Hofstettenchöpfli - Middle | The middle section of the Chöpfli is seldom visited, but has some worthwhile buttresses. Chrüz is the most Northerly and nearest to Flüh. Because of rare nesting birds, climbing is not allowed. |
Limestone | 500m | 20 | South West | Switzerland - Basler Jura | |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Schauenburgfluh | Schauenburgfluh is an important crag near to Basel, and one of the largest in the Basler Jura. With 40m high walls and nearly 100 routes, it has lots of long wall climbs to offer, mostly in the middle grades. Some of the routes have two pitches, although most can be done in a single run out with an 80m rope. The routes are generally solid, but especially at the top, there is still some loose rock around, and helmets are advised. | Limestone | 650m | 40 | 5a - 7b | South East | Switzerland - Basler Jura |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Tannenfluh main crag | Tannenfluh consists of two distinct parts. A crag on the hillside and a crag dug into the hillside. The first has a few separate buttresses with some nice mid grade routes. |
Limestone | 650m | 40 | South | Switzerland - Basler Jura | |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Flüh | Elsässerwand at the left hand side of Hofstettenchöpfli is a pleasant crag with lots of wall climbing in the 5b to 6c range. It gets the sun in the afternoon, and dries quickly after rain. |
Limestone | 350m | 30 | Mostly 6a to 6c | South | Switzerland - Basler Jura |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Rappenfels | An excellent crag with about 50 routes, mostly in the 7a to 7c range. |
Limestone | 400m | 50 | South West | Switzerland - Basler Jura | |
Switzerland - Central | Telli | One of Central Switzerland's better crags, Telli has a range of routes from 5c slabs through to steep 8b walls. The rock is generally good, and on the easier routes at least has good holds. |
Limestone | 450m | 50 | 5c - 8b | South West | Switzerland - Central |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Tüfleten Left | Tüfleten is a relatively large, varied crag with routes to suit most tastes. |
Limestone | 500m | 30 | South West | Switzerland - Basler Jura | |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Falkenfluh | Falkenfluh is a large important cliff containing hundreds of excellent routes, nearly all single pitch up to 30m in height. |
Limestone | 600m | 250 | 5a-8c | All | Switzerland - Basler Jura |
Switzerland - Jura | Bettlerküche | Situated on the top of the hills above the Aare valley, Bettlerküche is in a perfect position to enjoy the views of the Swiss plain. |
Limestone | 1100m | 50 | 6a - 8a | South | Switzerland - Jura |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Tüfleten Right | Tüfleten is an excellent crag with something to suit most tastes. The right hand side has lots of test pieces from 7a to 9a. |
Limestone | 500m | 30 | South | Switzerland - Basler Jura | |
Switzerland - Bernese Oberland | Engelhörner Simelistock and Vorderspitze | At the left hand side of the cirque of cliffs surrounding the Ochsel valley are three impressive peaks. |
Limestone | 2482m | 12 | South West | Switzerland - Bernese Oberland | |
Switzerland - Central | Cheselenfluh | Cheselenflue is the big impressive cliff that can be seen from the Stockalp to Melchsee Frutt road, or ski piste in winter. |
Limestone | 1700m | 10 | 5c - 7a | South | Switzerland - Central |
Switzerland - Central | Galengrat | A big wall of near perfect granite, Galengrat offers "plaisir pur" rock climbing to within an hour of the summit of Galenstock. |
Granite | 3250m | 2 | 6a - 6c | South | Switzerland - Central |
Switzerland - Grimsel Pass | Grimsel - Mittagfluh | An excellent 350m slab of granite , offering some fine routes. The routes are bolted, with good anchors on all the belays, however a few friends and wires are necessary on most routes. |
Granite | 1800m | 5 | 5a - 7a | South West | Switzerland - Grimsel Pass |
Switzerland - Grimsel Pass | Grimsel - Bügeleisen | Bugeleisen lies opposite the power station on Grimsel pass, an isolated buttress with excellent slab climbing. |
Granite | 1650m | 3 | 5c - 6c | East | Switzerland - Grimsel Pass |
Switzerland - Central | Diamantstock | Diamantstock is a granite mountain accessible from the very pleasant Bächlitalhütte. The Grosser Diamantstock is an excellent full day tour that is often underestimated. |
Granite | 3162m | 2 | 4c - 5a | South | Switzerland - Central |
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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Italy - Sardinia | Jerzu - Il Castello | Technical wall climbing requiring strong fingers |
Limestone | 100 | 5c - 7b | South West | Italy - Sardinia | |
Italy - Sardinia | Jerzu - Palazzo d'Inverno | Steep climbing on small holds |
Limestone | 750m | 100 | 6a - 8a | South East | Italy - Sardinia |
Italy - Sardinia | l'Isola del Tesoro | Excellent, often difficult climbing on steep slabs and walls. L'Isola de Tesoro is set in a beautiful location with magnificent views over the surrounding countryside. |
Limestone | 800m | 60 | 5c - 7c | West | Italy - Sardinia |
Italy - Sardinia | Gola di San Giorgio | A real roadside crag, you can almost belay from the car in this impressive little gorge. |
Limestone | 900m | 25 | 6a - 7a | All | Italy - Sardinia |
Italy - Sardinia | Su Casteddu | A huge crag just round the corner from Ulassai. The routes are of excellent quality, and set in a beautiful location. |
Limestone | 800m | 50 | 5c - 8b | West | Italy - Sardinia |
Italy - Sicily | Grotta Perciata | A steep tufa ridden crag with some excellent routes and a beautiful view. |
Limestone | 200m | 30 | North | Italy - Sicily |
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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France - Languedoc-Roussillon | Claret | Claret is a small, pretty village 20km North of Montpellier. |
Limestone | 200m | 300 | 5b - 8c | South | France - Languedoc-Roussillon |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Grotte des Nains | Situated deep in the forest, this small gorge with its quaint little cave has a handful of steep and difficult climbs up to 30m in length. |
Limestone | 350m | 20 | North East | Switzerland - Basler Jura | |
France - Vosges | Lac Blanc, Rocher Hans | An interesting granite crag in a beautiful location with multi pitch routes up to 70m in length. |
Granite | 1100m | 20 | 5a - 7c | South West | France - Vosges |
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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Austria - Niederösterreich | Hohe Wand | Hohe Wand is an extensive sub-alpine climbing area just an hours drive from Vienna. |
Limestone | 1000m | 100 | South East | Austria - Niederösterreich | |
Austria - Niederösterreich | Adlitzgräben | Adlitzgräben is a real craggers crag, near to the old wealthy resort of Semmering. |
Limestone | 1000m | 200 | 5 - 9a | South | Austria - Niederösterreich |
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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Germany - Schlüchttal | Schlüchttal Falkenstein | Falkenstein is geologically interesting, with the large cliff split into three distinct sections. The lower tier has a few routes, but are mostly of value as the access to the other two. |
Granite | 500m | 50 | South | Germany - Schlüchttal |