Map of the rock climbing areas around Masouri in Kalymnos

All of the above information has been extracted from the rock climbing guidebook for Kalymnos, which details 64 separate crags and over 1,700 routes. This guidebook can be bought from our shop.

Rock Climbing around Masouri, Kalymnos

The largest concentration of crags and routes are situated above the villages of Myrties, Masouri and Armeos. In fact all of these sectors can be reached from Masouri on foot, and the approach takes between 20 and 35 minutes.

Rock climbing areas around Masouri
No	Crag Name/Sector	Total No of Routes	Number of routes in grade range
No	Crag Name/Sector	Total No of Routes	Up to 5b+	5c to 6a+	6b to 7a	7a+ to 7c	7c+ & Over
1	Local Freezer	11	1	1	1	4	4
2	Summertime	23	5	8	10	0	0
3	Dolphin Bay	33	7	20	5	1	0
4	Kasteli	35	15	17	0	3	0
5	North Cape	36	4	18	8	4	2
6	School	15	9	6	0	0	0
7	Odyssey	82	5	12	23	22	20
8	Ocean Dream	23	3	7	6	3	4
9	Olympic Wall	33	0	2	20	7	4
10	Iliada	56	5	21	20	8	2
11	Jurassic Park	20	0	0	5	10	5
12	Spartacus	26	0	2	11	9	4
13	Spartan Wall	34	6	5	8	8	7
14	Afternoon	20	3	8	7	2	0
15	Grande Grotta	20	1	2	6	6	5
16	Panorama	49	1	1	24	20	3
17	Stankill	20	2	7	9	2	0
18	Ivory Tower	21	3	3	7	4	4
19	Kalydna	43	0	3	18	13	9
20	Iannis	17	0	1	7	5	4
21	Poets	34	0	1	15	17	1
22	Zeus	16	1	1	11	3	0
23	Gerakios	3	0	3	0	0	0
24	Ourania	19	0	1	10	7	1
25	Symplegades	31	0	1	11	19	0

Click on the images above to view a larger photograph, showing the excellent rock climbing to be found on the island of Kalymnos.

For information on getting to Kalymnos, the best time of the year to visit, and the type of equipment required go to the Kalymnos Logistics page.