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Climbing in South Africa

600 crags with 16,190 climbing routes, sorted by ascents, most first.

Climbing crags in South Africa

  1. Big and Roof Boulders5a – 8a+48 routes
  2. Monolith4a – 8b43 routes
  3. Descent Gully19 routes
  4. Hout Bay Bouldering4b – 8a+61 routes
  5. Faerie Glen5b – 7b15 routes
  6. Groot Rivier12 routes
  7. Nguniland18 routes
  8. Twin Boulders5a – 7b18 routes
  9. The Gallery6a – 8c128 routes
  10. The Wonderwall5 routes
  11. Cedar Spine Gully5a – 8a25 routes
  12. Shagadelic Finn6a – 8a+7 routes
  13. Blouberg82 routes
  14. The Ark4c – 8a+28 routes
  15. Steenberg Buttress15 routes
  16. Witness Valley5a – 8a17 routes
  17. Botmaskop14 routes
  18. Metropolis4c – 6c+13 routes
  19. Dome102 routes
  20. French Side5b – 8b62 routes
  21. Groot Hangklip4a – 4a22 routes
  22. Scorpion Boulders5b – 8b15 routes
  23. The Waterfront5 routes
  24. Vanrhynsdorp39 routes
  25. Mary8 routes
  26. St Blaize Crag11 routes
  27. Signal4c – 7a10 routes
  28. Witteberg6 routes
  29. Paddington Bear5a – 7a+3 routes
  30. Tripod5c – 7b+57 routes
  31. Western Pinnacle27 routes
  32. Camp Sallie5b – 8a15 routes
  33. OG sector6a – 6c13 routes
  34. Ganja Babe6c+ – 7c+8 routes
  35. Distance6c – 8a+6 routes
  36. Old Baldy (iSithumba)6 routes
  37. Back Wall14 routes
  38. Bundu12 routes
  39. Robberg Beach4b – 7a+11 routes
  40. The Waterfall Boulders5a – 8a8 routes
  41. Montagu Pass6 routes
  42. Section7c+ – 8a+2 routes
  43. Kaap se Hoop5a – 8a52 routes
  44. Thaba 'Nchu16 routes
  45. Gordons Bay: Surfside11 routes
  46. Old Forest Crag8 routes
  47. Komm Crag7 routes
  48. Stampede7a – 8b+7 routes
  49. Mojo Sector6 routes
  50. South African Railways7b+ – 8b+6 routes
  51. Drive Through6a+ – 7c+25 routes
  52. Graveyard area4c – 7c18 routes
  53. Windmill Hole13 routes
  54. Campus Crag10 routes
  55. Eye of Sauron7a – 8a6 routes
  56. Master Key6a+ – 8c5 routes
  57. Maltese Cross4 routes
  58. Lipstick on a Pig6c – 7c+2 routes
  59. Krakadouw60 routes
  60. Hanglip6c – 6c56 routes
  61. Wave Rock and Big Grey Slab5a – 8a+18 routes
  62. Slanghoek Amphitheatre11 routes
  63. The Hatchling5b – 8a3 routes
  64. The Vaxx Debate6b – 7b+3 routes
  65. Louis Leipoldt's Grave7c – 8a2 routes
  66. Shadows of Ourselves7c – 8a+2 routes
  67. The Finnish Line1 route
  68. Champagne5a – 8c+48 routes
  69. The Other Side5c – 8a+35 routes
  70. Ingwe Face10 routes
  71. Strategic Balance6a – 8a+9 routes
  72. Muse Crag7 routes
  73. Red Castle5a – 7c7 routes
  74. River boulder down stream right.5b – 5c6 routes
  75. Speed of Sound6a – 8b+5 routes
  76. Blockbuster sector5a – 7c33 routes
  77. Khoisan Kitchen5b – 8a26 routes
  78. The Colosseum5b – 8a16 routes
  79. Sunset Crag7 routes
  80. Blyde River Canyon5 routes
  81. Boulder B6a+ – 7a5 routes
  82. Scofield6a+ – 7c5 routes
  83. Fever Ward4 routes
  84. The Corner4 routes
  85. Work to Fun Ratio6b – 7c+4 routes
  86. Colorado Corridor7b – 8a+2 routes
  87. Castle Gorge29 routes
  88. Masekane24 routes
  89. Umpukane4b – 6c+24 routes
  90. Snaked Edge Boulders6a – 7a+14 routes
  91. Alpha Omega5b – 7a+5 routes
  92. Method Cap6c+ – 8a5 routes
  93. Keurbooms Beach5a – 5c4 routes
  94. Nachorizma6c+ – 6c+4 routes
  95. Rubbi Road Boulder4c – 7a+4 routes
  96. Gimme a Break6c+ – 8b3 routes
  97. Klein Hangklip3 routes
  98. Maskoff7c+ – 7c+2 routes
  99. Stüsi's Wall7a – 7b2 routes
  100. Mphogodiba Gorge1 route