List of Crags

Country: Austria
Region Crag Overview Rock Type Altitude Number of routes Range of Routes Faces Name
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
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
Country: England
Region Crag Overview Rock Type Altitude Number of routes Range of Routes Faces Name
England - Peak District Stanage - The best 50 routes

England's most popular, and arguably, best crag. If nothing else, for the sheer variety, number, quality and enjoyment of the routes.

Gritstone 300m 1000 VD - E7 South West England - Peak District
England - South West Ladye Bay

A pleasant bouldering crag in Clevedon. There are a couple of good buttresses, many isolated problems, and even some trad and bolted routes. The attraction however is the bouldering.

Sandstone 0m 30 4 - 7c North West England - South West
Country: France
Region Crag Overview Rock Type Altitude Number of routes Range of Routes Faces Name
France - Alpes Maritimes Aiglun - Paroi du Giet

Aiglun is a beautiful village in the East of Provence next to an impressive gorge.

Limestone 800m 50 6a - 8b South France - Alpes Maritimes
France - Alpes Maritimes Bonson

Bonson is a nice village in the south of France, about 45min from Nice. The crag is located at the top of the small hill around the corner (can't see it from the village).

Limestone 800m 20 West France - Alpes Maritimes
France - Alpes Maritimes La Colle sur Loup

La Colle sur Loup is nice local village in the south of France which has a very long climbing area with lots of different routes. The routes are quite short (10-20m) and well bolted.

Limestone 30m 96 4 to 7a South West France - Alpes Maritimes
France - Alpes Maritimes Peillon - Baus Roux

A pleasant crag a few kilometres North of La Turbie. The crag has many gouttes and incut holds, and although polished there are lots of excellent mid grade routes.

Limestone 550m 30 5b to 8a+ South East France - Alpes Maritimes
France - Doubs Baume les Dames - Quint

A large, important crag with many routes, especially in the harder grades.

Limestone 300m 100 South France - Doubs
France - Doubs Baume les Dames - Sous Buen

Sous Buen is a pleasant crag in a beautiful location overlooking the Doubs.

Limestone 300m 100 East France - Doubs
France - Languedoc-Roussillon Claret

Claret is a small, pretty village 20km North of Montpellier.

Limestone 200m 300 5b - 8c South France - Languedoc-Roussillon
France - Provence Combe de l'Ermitage

A friendly little crag with some  excellent mid grade routes.

Limestone 250m 100 4c - 7c South East France - Provence
France - Provence Orgon

The climbing at Orgon is in a surprisingly beautiful location given its proximity to the Autoroute du Soleil.

Limestone 100m 250 Mostly 5a to 6c All France - Provence
France - Vercors Vercors - Tina Dalle

Tina Dalle is an easily accessible, single pitch, sport climbing crag near the approach path that leads to the "grandes voies" of Présles. It has some excellent routes.

Limestone 800m 50 5b - 8c South France - Vercors
France - Vosges Gueberschwihr

Gueberschwihr is a beautiful little village in the middle of the vineyards on the edge of the Vosges.

Sandstone 400m 100 3 - 8c East France - Vosges
France - Vosges Kronthal

One of the most important crags in the central Vosges, Kronthal has a large selection of routes, mostly from 7a upwards.

Sandstone 200m 150 6b - 9a South France - Vosges
France - Vosges Kuhfels

A pleasant crag with some excellent routes on sometimes sandy rock.

Sandstone 400m 35 6a-8a South East France - Vosges
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
France - Vosges Langenfels

One of the best and most popular crags in the North of the Vosges. Langenfels has many excellent, well bolted routes on a number of towers.  A beautiful place with some excellent climbing.

Sandstone 5c - 7c All France - Vosges
France - Vosges Rocher Philippe

A friendly crag just above the village of Philippsbourg. It has two faces, an overhanging East side with some hard, strenuous routes, and a vertical south side with some mid grade routes.

Sandstone 300m 20 5c - 8b All France - Vosges
France - Vosges Vieux Windstein

A very interesting crag with a long history and some fine routes.

Sandstone 300m 50 5b - 8b All France - Vosges
France - Vosges Waldeck

A pleasant crag with some excellent, well bolted routes in beautiful surroundings. The Etang de Hanau offers swimming and camping in the summer months

Sandstone 60 5a - 7c All France - Vosges
Country: Germany
Region Crag Overview Rock Type Altitude Number of routes Range of Routes Faces Name
Germany - Bayern Kraxentrager

A small but pleasant crag with good technical slab and wall climbing on rough limestone. Mostly well bolted, names at the bottom of the routes.

Limestone 50 5c - 8a South West Germany - Bayern
Germany - Bayern Wiesenwand

A short, pleasant, easily approachable crag, with routes up to 15m in length. The crag gets some sun in the middle of the day in winter and is a useful venue on summer evenings.

Limestone 700m 45 5c - 7c South Germany - Bayern
Germany - Frankenjura Betzensteiner Sportkletterwand

A nice place, easily accessible and close to Betzenstein swimming pool. Lots of mid grade routes up to 12m in length. It is north facing and stays cool in summer.

Limestone 500m 40 4 - 7a+ North Germany - Frankenjura
Germany - Frankenjura Bleisteine

A small crag very near the road that has some excellent routes up to 15m long. Unfortunately the "classics" are very polished

Limestone 450m 20 5a - 8b, mostly 7a/7b North Germany - Frankenjura
Germany - Frankenjura Grüne Hölle

A small crag with several excellent sustained routes, both in the easier and the harder grades.

Limestone 500m 30 4b to 9a+ All Germany - Frankenjura
Germany - Frankenjura 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.

Limestone 600m 4 to 7b, most routes in the 6s All Germany - Frankenjura
Germany - Frankenjura Soranger Wand

Another good, popular, steep, pocketed limestone crag with short (up to 12m) routes. It has a mix of grades.

Limestone 500m 30 5a to 8b, mostly 6c to 7c South Germany - Frankenjura
Germany - Frankenjura Wolfsberg Grotte

A small crag with a large cave. Wolfsberg Grotte offers a few hard , steep routes, that unfortunately stay wet a long time.

Limestone 450m 10 5c to 8c+ North Germany - Frankenjura
Germany - Rheinland Pfalz Teufelstisch

A unique rock formation. Only a few routes on it, but well worth the visit. Wear your smartest gear, it is a popular tourist attraction

Sandstone 200m 4 All Germany - Rheinland Pfalz
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
Germany - Schlüchttal Schlüchttal Schwedenfels

An excellent sport climbing crag with about 40 routes up to 40m in length. Grades between 5a and 8b.

Granite 300m 30 5a to 8b South Germany - Schlüchttal
Germany - Schlüchttal Schlüchttal Tannholzwand

Tannholzwand is a wonderful wall, one of the main attractions of Schlüchttal, with routes that go up to 60m in length.

Granite 400m 80 4 to 7b South West Germany - Schlüchttal
Country: Greece
Region Crag Overview Rock Type Altitude Number of routes Range of Routes Faces Name
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos Arginonta

The bright red walls of Arginonta contain many outstanding climbs that are spoilt only by the popularity of the crag.

Limestone 50m 70 4c - 7c 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 Arginonta Valley

Arginonta valley is a set of 3 cliffs just a few miinutes walk from the parking in Arginonta village With it's well bolted, mid grade routes, on good rock, that are in the shade when most crag

Limestone 100m 60 5b - 7a+ East Greece - Kalymnos
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos Arhi

Arhi is an excellent and popular crag, and has a bit of everything.

Limestone 150m 50 5a to 9a South Greece - Kalymnos
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos Atlantis

Atlantis and Utopia are a set of recently developed crags (2017 / 2018) up and to the right of Ghost Kitchen. The Atlantis sector offers excellent middle grade slab climbing on

Limestone 50 5c - 8c South West Greece - Kalymnos
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos Balcony Helvetia

Excellent tufa climbing in the caves above Arhi. The rock is sometimes sharp and crumbly, although with traffic this has improved a lot.

Limestone 200m 20 6a - 7c Greece - Kalymnos
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos Beach

Solid climbing on rough rock with good holds in a beautiful location. Shade after midday

Limestone 0m 25 5a - 7c North East Greece - Kalymnos
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos Belgian Chocolates

Excellent wall climbing on good pockets and gouttes d'eau. Some of the routes are 2 or more pitches, the 2nd pitches of which are excellent.

Limestone 0m 50 Mostly 5c to 6c South Greece - Kalymnos
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos Big Shadow

A big crag with a mountain feel about it and lots of potential for more routes up the orange walls.

Limestone 400m 20 North Greece - Kalymnos
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos Cave

Cave is so called because of, you guessed it, a cave. Not the cave on the crag, but the cave under the crag which is accessed via an iron gate and a ladder and is well worth exploring, it is huge.

Limestone 150m 40 5a - 7c South West Greece - Kalymnos
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos E.T.

E.T. is so called because of it's resemblance to the alien in the Spielberg film.

Limestone 400m 30 6a - 8b North East Greece - Kalymnos
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos Galatiani

A quiet cliff with three distinct sectors. Reservoir Dogs is the nearest to the road and has a handful of long wall climbs on rough rock.

Limestone 300m 40 6a - 8b South Greece - Kalymnos
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos Gerakios Left

Gerakios Left has two cliffs, Rainbow Wall and the Upper Cave. Both are excellent, with routes mostly in the 7s and 8s, although there are a few easier ones.

Limestone 300m 30 6a - 8a South Greece - Kalymnos
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos Gerakios Right

Gerakios has two distinct sectors. The left hand side containing the more difficult routes on Rainbow Wall and the Upper Cave, and the right hand side including Main Wall and Trois Ilots.

Limestone 300m 50 5c to 6c South Greece - Kalymnos
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos Ghost Kitchen

An excellent and popular crag with a wide variety of routes, from pleasant slabs to incredible tufas on a gently overhanging wall. There are 4 sectors.

Limestone 100m 30 South West Greece - Kalymnos
Greece - Kalymnos Kalymnos Grande Grotta

Big roofs ! The showpiece of Kalymnos is understandably very popular, and queueing for routes is not uncommon.

Limestone 200m 50 7a-8b South Greece - Kalymnos