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Rock Climbing on Gozo
Both Mgarr ix-Xini and Ghajn Abdul crags have dedicated sports climbing areas, though there are other sport routes can be found on other crags as indicated above. The decision to bolt is decided upon a route-by-route basis.
The photograph shows Roland Sultana leading Tale of Two Budgies, E2 5b, on Tower of Power in North East Gozo.
Malta itself also has a number of crags, click here for more information. To find out when is the best time to visit Malta and how to get to there, go to our logistics page.
The above information has been extracted from two guidebooks, which are Malta Rock Climbing (now sadly out of print), and Sport Climbing in Malta and Gozo, which covers over 500 fully bolted routes. Buy this guidebook from our shop.
List of Rock Climbing Areas in Gozo | |||||||
No | Crag | Total number of routes | Trad Climbing | Sports Climbing | Bouldering | Deep water soloing | Single or multi-pitch |
1 | Mgarr ix-Xini | 137 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Single |
2 | Ta' Cenc | 5 | Yes | No | No | No | Multi |
3 | Xlendi & ic-Cnus Slabs | 13 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Single |
4 | Wied ix-Xlendi | 27 | N/N | Yes | No | No | Single |
5 | Ic-Cnus Slabs & Ghadira | 38 | N/N | Yes | No | No | Single |
6 | Dwejra & Wardija Point | 71 | Yes | Little | No | Yes | Both |
7 | Ghajn Abdul | 34 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Single |
8 | The Underworld & San Dimitri | 19 | N/N | Yes | No | No | Single |
9 | Harq il-Hamiem | 1 | N/N | Yes | No | No | Single |
10 | Wied il-Mielah | 53 | N/N | Yes | No | No | Single |
11 | Forna Point | 6 | N/N | Yes | No | No | Single |
12 | North East Gozo | 36 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Single |
Comino | 11 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Single |
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