Hexenküche
A lovely outcrop deep in a beautiful wood. Hexenküche has many excellent routes up to 7b-ish, easy access and as such is a popular venue. The routes go up to 25m in length, and the climbing is on both sides of the outcrop.
Drive east out of Hipoltstein and 200m after the end of the village park on the left. Follow the yellow footpath north of the road, keep right after 250m and continue to a water house. Go to the right of this and you reach the south side of the cliff. Keep circling to get to the north side. About 5 minutes from the car park.
Sport and bolted routes
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| 00 | SECTOR | NORTH |
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| 01 | Hexenschuss | 5b | No bolts! Take care |
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| 02 | Kaffeetante | 4b | The pocketed wall just to the right |
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| 03 | Grosskotzig und schön | 5c | |
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| 04 | Kurzer Sauber | 6a | The crux is before the bolt |
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| 05 | Sauberer Ausstieg | 4c | Trad gear |
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| 06 | Linker KKW | 4b | Start as for the previous route, traverse right at the 3rd bolt and finish as for the next route |
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| 07 | Rechter KKW | 4b | Pleasant route |
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| 08 | Winkelgasse | 6a | The corner |
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| 09 | Hilfpoltsteiner Weg | 5c | Just right of the arete. Polished. The direct/RH start is 6a |
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| 11 | Gabriels grosszügiges Geschenk | 6b+ | The excellent wall |
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| 12 | Kleine Hexen müssen hexen | 7a | A classic route with a hard sequence over the roof and onto the face |
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| 14 | Direkter Sanduhrweg | 5b | Start in the cave, pull over the LHS and continue direct to the top. Classic |
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| 16 | Solohex | 6b | The right hand side of the Sanduhrweg wall. |
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| 18 | Exzess in Morgenrot | 6b | The left hand side of the wall right of the Sanduhrweg wall. The difficulties are low down |
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| 19 | Geölter Blitz | 5b | The crack/wall right of Exzess im Morgenrot |
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| 25 | Ulrikenpfeiler | 6a | The left hand (sparsely) bolted line on the main face. |
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| 27 | Testamentvollstreckung | 6c | The bolted line right of Ulrikenpfeiler. Crux in the bottom half, runout at the top |
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| 28 | Shining (Totengräber) | 6c+ | Right of Testamentvollstreckung. Small holds lower down, better higher up |
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| 29 | Stalagdrama | 6b | Right of Shining. Runner useful before the first bolt. |
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| 30 | Zittern verboten | 6b | Right again, and shares the same lower off. Run out and slippy |
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| 31 | Pipifax | 5a | Starts left of the large boulder at the right hand side of the main wall and climb direct |
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| 32 | Ostwand | 5a | Start as for Pipifax but climb rightwards into the groove/corner |
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| 33 | Ostverschneidung | 5b | The long corner at the right hand side of the main wall |
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| 34 | Alter Hexentanz | 5a | Start as for Ostverschneidung but move onto the right wall at the first bolt |
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| 35 | Dübelpremiere | 6a | Climbs the wall right of Ostverschneidung, traversing under the bulge then up. Run out to the first bolt |
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| 36 | Direkter Dübel | 7a+ | Direct to the first bolt on Dübelpremiere, then finish up that route |
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| 37 | Liesel Maurer Gedanken Weg | 7a | The wall right of Dübeldirekt |
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| 38 | Hexentanz | 7a | The wall right again. A surprise finish |
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| 39 | Feenwald | 5b | The next route right, left of the arete |
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| 40 | Nordkante | 4b | Starts to the right of Feewald and finishes at the same lower off |
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