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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. The Dog Box1 route
  2. The Fortress1 route
  3. The last kink of Scotland7a – 7a1 route
  4. Tribune of the Plebs6c – 6c1 route
  5. Up Yours Pinnacle1 route
  6. Vingerkop1 route
  7. Waaihoek/Zeeba's berg1 route
  8. Wrecking Ball8a – 8a1 route
  9. Gold Rush3 – 7c63 routes
  10. Gamkaskloof Bouldering5b – 6b+61 routes
  11. Baboon Buttress5b – 8a+59 routes
  12. Commando Neck53 routes
  13. King Solomon's Mine5c – 8b51 routes
  14. Roadside Lower6a – 8a45 routes
  15. Makapansgat44 routes
  16. The Hell41 routes
  17. Taaiboskraal5a – 7c+37 routes
  18. Lorraines5b – 7c36 routes
  19. The Place to Be6a – 7c+35 routes
  20. Middle Krakadouw34 routes
  21. Rieboksfontein6a+ – 8a34 routes
  22. Base Camp6a – 8c29 routes
  23. Roadside Upper6a – 7c+26 routes
  24. Apollo Peak4a – 4a23 routes
  25. Chappies23 routes
  26. Boulder G4c – 7b+22 routes
  27. Uniondale Pass4a – 6a+22 routes
  28. Léane Sector5a – 7c20 routes
  29. Upper Sassies5b – 7a+19 routes
  30. Hoeksonderkoffie6a – 8a18 routes
  31. Baboon’s Armchair Bouldering6a – 6c17 routes
  32. Colosseum16 routes
  33. Lazy Day Crag6c – 6c16 routes
  34. Plateau4a – 6b16 routes
  35. House Hyrax6a – 6c15 routes
  36. Ernies6b – 8a14 routes
  37. Flipside5b – 6c+14 routes
  38. Narnia6b – 8b14 routes
  39. Pre-Sassies5a – 8a13 routes
  40. Wall of Shame6a – 7b13 routes
  41. Beer Stop6b+ – 8a+12 routes
  42. Pompies Pillar12 routes
  43. Alcatraz6a – 7c+11 routes
  44. Backside6a – 7c+11 routes
  45. Lady Slipper6c – 6c11 routes
  46. The Wall6a – 7b11 routes
  47. Ysterhout Kloof11 routes
  48. Die Drankwinkel6a – 7b+10 routes
  49. Howick Falls10 routes
  50. Magageni10 routes
  51. 10 Day Rain6b – 8a9 routes
  52. Asterix and Obelix9 routes
  53. Bermuda9 routes
  54. Brandy Bar6a – 7c9 routes
  55. Dome Pools8 routes
  56. NGwempisi George8 routes
  57. Sunless Sky8 routes
  58. Weir5a – 6b+8 routes
  59. Bonniedale Crag7 routes
  60. Paragon Rating5b – 6a7 routes
  61. The Lord of the Fly's6a+ – 8a7 routes
  62. Umkomani7 routes
  63. Valley Crag4a – 8a7 routes
  64. Boulder F6b – 7a6 routes
  65. Devil's Playground7a – 7c+6 routes
  66. DMZ5b – 6c6 routes
  67. Legorox6 routes
  68. New Joshua Tree6a – 6b+6 routes
  69. Shadowland6b – 7c+6 routes
  70. Shower Banana7a+ – 7b6 routes
  71. Aasvoelkrans5 routes
  72. Abbot's Buttress5 routes
  73. Berg Kaya Block6b – 7b5 routes
  74. Citrus Wall Sector 16b+ – 7c5 routes
  75. Jellyfish Sex5a – 7a5 routes
  76. Shandy Terrace6a – 8b5 routes
  77. Sharna's Wild Ride6b – 6c+5 routes
  78. Sunset Spot5a – 8a+5 routes
  79. Valhalla6a – 7b5 routes
  80. Warmups6a – 6b5 routes
  81. Wifey6a – 7b+5 routes
  82. Boulder A6a – 6a4 routes
  83. Boulder K6a – 6c+4 routes
  84. Eternal Flame6a+ – 6c+4 routes
  85. Haelhoek Sneeukop Massif7a+ – 7a+4 routes
  86. Hidden Hueco6a+ – 6b4 routes
  87. Laager Farm4 routes
  88. Lost City7a – 8a+4 routes
  89. Octopus's Garden6a – 6a+4 routes
  90. Seweweeks Wand4 routes
  91. Skebenga5c – 7a4 routes
  92. Sweet Baby Satan6b – 8b4 routes
  93. The Rift6c – 8b4 routes
  94. Tradouws DWS4 routes
  95. Tunnel Vision4 routes
  96. Uvongo Beach Front4 routes
  97. Ad-venture6c – 7c3 routes
  98. Basic Instinct5b – 7c+3 routes
  99. Beauty4a – 6c3 routes
  100. Beaverlac DWS4a – 7c+3 routes