List of Crags
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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Spain - Costa Blanca | Acantilado de Bixauca | A pleasant cliff set amongst olive, almond and cherry trees, the crag of Bixauca offers something at most grades, usually on good, incut and rough holds. |
Limestone | 700m | 30 | 5a - 8a | South | Spain - Costa Blanca |
Spain - Balaguer | Ager - Barranc de Grillons | A large wall in a beautiful setting high above the Ager valley. Barranc de Grillons has mostly technical wall climbing on positive holds, including a few low grade routes. |
Limestone | 1000m | 50 | 4b - 7a, mostly in the 6b to 7a range | South | Spain - Balaguer |
Spain - Balaguer | Ager - camp 300 | An excellent crag of high quality rock in a beautiful location. Ager camp 300 has many slab type routes, that sometimes overhang. Bolting is excellent and the routes are up to 30m in length. |
Limestone | 1250m | 60 | 6b - 8b | South | Spain - Balaguer |
Spain - Balaguer | Alos de Balaguer - El Raco | A small crag in a beautiful location halfway between Alos de Balaguera and the Noguera Pallaresa dam. |
Limestone | 300m | 25 | 6a to 8a | South | Spain - Balaguer |
Spain - Balaguer | Alos de Balaguer - L'Estret | Another easily accessible, well bolted crag. L'estret has sustained slabby routes on the left hand side and overhanging test pieces in the cave on the right. |
Limestone | 300m | 20 | 6a to 8b | South | Spain - Balaguer |
Spain- Tenerife | Arico | Tenerife's most popular crag. Bouldery routes up to 25m in length on igneous volcanic rock, that is similar to sandstone. |
Volcanic | 800m | 500 | 4 to 8c | All | Spain- Tenerife |
Spain - Balaguer | Camarasa - Crestes de Conill South | The Crestes de Conill are a very interesting geological formation. Fins of rock, 50m high, that are not much thicker than your car, giving solid, slabby climbing. |
Limestone | 250m | 30 | 5b - 6c | South | Spain - Balaguer |
Spain - Balaguer | Camarasa - Marcant Estil | Camaras is a large climbing area with excellent short and long routes. It does not get the sun until the late afternoon. |
Limestone | 300m | 100 | North West | Spain - Balaguer | |
Spain - Balaguer | Cubells | A nice looking crag, situated at the top of a hill, the routes at Cubells are up to 30m in length and one of the few cliffs in the Balaguera area that give (relatively) low grade as well as mid gra |
Limestone | 600m | 70 | 5b to 7a | South East | Spain - Balaguer |
Spain- Tenerife | El Rio | El Rio presa is an interesting area. A dam that was built in the 1960s, then abandoned in the 1970s when they couldnt stop it leaking water through the volcanic fissures in the rock. |
Volcanic | 600m | 100 | 5a to 8c | All | Spain- Tenerife |
Spain - Costa Blanca | Font d'Axia | A small crag with a handful of easy routes in a nice setting in the hills behind Jalon. It gets the sun in the afternoon and is sheltered from the wind. |
Limestone | 300m | 20 | Mostly grade 4 and 5 | West | Spain - Costa Blanca |
Spain - Costa Blanca | Gandia | An excellent sport climbing crag with routes up to 30m long on steep, solid and sometimes polished limestone. |
Limestone | 200m | 100 | Mostly 6a to 7c | South | Spain - Costa Blanca |
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 |
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 - 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. It has single pitch routes in all grades from 3 to 8, up to 30m in length, many with the name written at the bottom. |
Limestone | 300m | 100 | East | France - Doubs | |
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 - 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. It has easy access, gets the sun until mid afternoon and is well bolted with mostly slabby / vertical routes up to 30m in length. |
Limestone | 250m | 100 | 4c - 7c | South East | France - Provence |
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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Switzerland - Jura | Balsthal Osterloch and Überhang | A couple of small overhanging buttresses with a few short but interesting routes. Osterloch faces west. The Überhang stays dry in the rain, and gets the sun until 1pm. |
Limestone | 500m | 5 | 7a - 8a | All | Switzerland - Jura |
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 - 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 - Jura | Bränten | A one route crag, Kingway finds a solid way up an otherwise chossy crag. Gets the sun in the afternoon. |
Limestone | 600m | 1 | North West | Switzerland - Jura | |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Chalengraben | Chalengraben is a beautiful gorge tucked away in the hillside above Hofstetten. It has a few short and difficult routes that can be really pleasant in the spring, summer and autumn. |
Limestone | 600m | 20 | 6b to 8a | All | Switzerland - Basler Jura |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Chastelfluh | Set in a beautiful area, just above the Chastelbach, the cliff has a number of buttresses with some excellent routes. |
Limestone | 550m | 100 | 6a - 8b | East | Switzerland - Basler Jura |
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 - Basler Jura | Chestel | A steep featureless crag of compact limestone in a pleasant location above the Laufen-Delemont valley. The forest provides some shade in summer, and lets the sun through in winter. |
Limestone | 500m | 30 | 7a -8b | South West | Switzerland - Basler Jura |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Chuenisberg | Seldom busy, Chuenisberg is a peaceful place, set in a beautiful wood of beech trees. |
Limestone | 100 | 6a - 9a | North | Switzerland - Basler Jura | |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Chuenisberg H-Man | A compact sector with two distinct buttresses. The left hand side has some hard slabs and steep pocketed walls. |
Limestone | 600m | 20 | North | Switzerland - Basler Jura | |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Chuenisberg Premiere | Premiere is the far left hand side of Chuenisberg. Often neglected it has a few excellent routes. |
Limestone | 600m | 25 | North | Switzerland - Basler Jura | |
Switzerland - Basler Jura | Chuenisberg Ravage | The sector Ravage is steep and has a long history. It was once home to the hardest route in the world. Ravage is a route that has now been on sighted by Adam Ondra. |
Limestone | 600m | 20 | North | Switzerland - Basler Jura | |
Switzerland - Churfirsten | Churfirsten - Tristencholben | Tristencholben is the rounded pinnacle east of Rosenboden that is clearly visible when you walk round the "Blumenweg" from the Chäsenrugg cable car. At first sight it is a daunting place to climb. |
Limestone | 216m | 5 | 5c - 7b | South | Switzerland - Churfirsten |
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 |
Switzerland - Bernese Oberland | Engelhörner Kingspitze | It looks like a friendly Swiss crag, but Kingspitze is actually a major Alpine undertaking. |
Limestone | 2621m | 1 | South East | Switzerland - Bernese Oberland | |
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 - 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 - Central | Fallenflue Förröm | Long pitches from the exposed ledge. Make sure your rope is long enough! |
Limestone | 1200m | 15 | South | Switzerland - Central | |
Switzerland - Central | Fallenflue Gülden | Single pitch sport routes in a big wall setting. Excellent rock, hot when the sun is shining in winter, and too hot to climb if it is shining in the summer. |
Limestone | 1200m | 30 | South | Switzerland - Central | |
Switzerland - Central | Fallenflue Plumbum | Excellent climbing from the exposed ledge |
Limestone | 1200m | 20 | South | Switzerland - Central | |
Switzerland - Central | Fallenflue Silber | Short warm up routes away from the main crag |
Limestone | 1200m | 15 | South | Switzerland - Central | |
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 - 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 |
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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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 |
Region | Crag | Overview | Rock Type | Altitude | Number of routes | Range of Routes | Faces | Name |
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Italy - Sardinia | Cala Goloritze | A very special needle, and a very special location. Aguglia Goloritze rises 200m above the emerald green Mediterranean sea. |
Limestone | 150m | 20 | All | Italy - Sardinia | |
Italy - Sardinia | Canyon | Situated just above the town of Ulassai, the canyon is a great summer destination with excellent climbing in all grades. |
Limestone | 750m | 50 | 5c - 8a, with most interest in the 7s | All | Italy - Sardinia |
Italy - Sardinia | Cave of Dreams | Actually a continuation of the main Ulassai canyon, more easily reached from the sports field north of the town. The cave is a small gorge that gives steep, strenuous climbing on tufas and edges. |
Limestone | 800m | 30 | 6b - 7c+ | All | Italy - Sardinia |
Italy - Sardinia | Corvo Spaziale | One of the easier sectors at Isili, the routes start at hard for 4c on the left hand side and get progressively harder to the 8a at the right hand side. |
Limestone | 400m | 40 | 4c - 8a | South | Italy - Sardinia |
Italy - Sardinia | Creûza de Mä | The neighbour to Villagico Gallico, Creûza de Mä offers a similar selection of routes, also on good rock, the harder ones being a bit steeper. |
Limestone | 100m | 40 | 5a to 7b | East | Italy - Sardinia |
Italy - Liguria | Frantoio | A nice quiet crag up in the hills with a lovely approach through a near deserted village. The cliff has a nice selection of quality routes on compact rock. |
Limestone | 700m | 20 | 6a - 8a | South | Italy - Liguria |