List of Crags
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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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 |
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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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 |
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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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 |
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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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 |
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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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 Gamos | A north facing set of buttresses with short easily accessible and well bolted routes. Sure to be popular. |
Limestone | 50m | 30 | 5a - 7b | North | 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 |