List of Crags

Country: Spain
Region Crag Overview Rock Type Altitude Number of routes Range of Routes Faces Name
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
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 Pena Roja

Pena Roja is an easily accessible and pleasant crag of red limestone just two kilometres from the village of Jalon in the hills above Calpe.

Limestone 350m 50 6a - 8a South East 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 - 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 - 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 - Café solo

A short steep crag that has the advantage of being easily accessible from the village, faces north and is next to a beautiful meadow with a nice swimming pool in the river.

Limestone 800m 15 7b-8c North Spain - Rodellar
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 - 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 - 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
Spain - Rodellar Rodellar - Furia Latina

A small crag next to the river that stays in the shade and is useful as a warm up for harder things, or as challenging routes in their own right

Limestone 800m 10 6a - 7b North Spain - Rodellar
Spain - Rodellar Rodellar - Gran Boveda and La Nuit des Temps

Gran Boveda is one of the premier crags in Rodellar with numerous steep and long routes from 7b upwards, and very easy access.

Limestone 80m 60 6b - 8c East Spain - Rodellar
Spain - Rodellar Rodellar - La Fuente

The sister crag to Furia Latina has some of the easiest routes in Rodellar, and they face North, so remain cool in the summer.

Limestone 800m 20 5a - 6b North 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 - 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 - 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 - 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- 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- 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- Tenerife Guaria

An excellent crag on the west side of the island, with a variety of routes.

Volcanic 800m 100 5c-8c South Spain- Tenerife
Spain- Tenerife San Marcos

A small but worthwhile crag on the north side of the island.  The crag is in a built up area close to the sea. The routes are short, steep, fingery and well bolted.

Volcanic 50m 50 5a to 8a North West Spain- Tenerife
Country: Switzerland
Region Crag Overview Rock Type Altitude Number of routes Range of Routes Faces Name
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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 Gempen Gempenpfeiler

A nice selection of climbs in this middle section of Gempen, mostly on steep walls with a few aretes and slabs thrown in.

Limestone 739m 40 South Switzerland - Basler Jura
Switzerland - Basler Jura Gempen Ost

The easiest sector at Gempen with many short, safe routes in the lower grades. Perfect for beginners, and the routes on Block wall are well worth the visit in their own right.

Limestone 750m 40 South Switzerland - Basler Jura
Switzerland - Basler Jura Gempen Sandührliwand

A very sunny crag that dries quickly and can sometimes be too hot even in the coldest months! Excellent wall climbing often on pockets, well bolted.

Limestone 750m 100 South Switzerland - Basler Jura
Switzerland - Basler Jura Gempen Ziegenrücken

Ziegenrücken is the first slab you reach after descending the steep stepped gully. The climbs are popular, perhaps partly due to the easier routes, and obvious warm up potential.

Limestone 750m 30 All Switzerland - Basler Jura
Switzerland - Basler Jura Get Wet Canyon

On hot summer days after a long dry period, Get Wet Canyon is an ideal place to escape the heat.

Limestone 600m 30 South 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 Hofstettenchöpfli - Right

The right hand side of Hofstettenchöpfli is approached from Hofstetten.

Limestone 400m South West Switzerland - Basler Jura
Switzerland - Basler Jura Ingelstein

Ingelstein must rank as one of the most attractive looking, and least visited crags in the Basler Jura.

Limestone 550m 50 4c to 7b South Switzerland - Basler Jura
Switzerland - Basler Jura Lämmlisfluh

A not very popular crag that does have some nice routes. In particular the climbing in the central section is good, on pockets and edges on mostly solid rock.

Limestone 500m 25 6a to 7c, the best routes are 6c and above South West Switzerland - Basler Jura
Switzerland - Basler Jura Pelzli Lower

The lower section of Pelzli is just a few minutes walk from the road and consists of the spectacular Daumenfels, and two smaller buttresses, Le Doigt and Mättelifels.

Limestone 600m 50 5c - 8a South Switzerland - Basler Jura
Switzerland - Basler Jura Pelzli Upper

The upper section of Pelzli consists of series of buttresses and boulders. The climbing is excellent with routes in all grades from 4c to 8a.

Limestone 600m 15 4c - 8a 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 - Basler Jura Redelsflue

A series of detached pinnacles with good quality rock and some fine routes above Roschenz.

Limestone 600m 20 South West Switzerland - Basler Jura
Switzerland - Basler Jura Rütenen

A quiet crag near to the pretty little village of Himmelried. The routes are relatively short, but what they lack in height they more than make up for in difficulty!

Limestone 600m 40 5c - 8a 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 Seetelhöchi

A pleasant crag with a few excellent routes, on cracks and pocketed walls, but also some loose rock.  

Limestone 600m 20 5b to 7b South West 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 Tüfleten Left

Tüfleten is a relatively large, varied crag with routes to suit most tastes.

Limestone 500m 30 South West Switzerland - Basler Jura
Country: France
Region Crag Overview Rock Type Altitude Number of routes Range of Routes Faces Name
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