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Map of the rock climbing areas in Romania

The above information has been extracted from the "Dimension Vertical - Climbing Guidebook for Romania" by GeoQuest. Buy this guidebook from our shop.

Romanian Rock Climbing

The table below details the major climbing and sports climbing areas in Romania.

Rock Climbing areas in Romania
No	Crag	Maximum Height	Type of protection
1	Trascau Mountains	180m	Bolts, pegs & Trad
2	Cheile Tureni	30m	Fully bolted
3	Turda Gorge	300m	Pegs and bolts
4	Cetetea Lita	30m	Fully bolted
5	Vadul Crisului	120m	Mostly with Bolts
6	Rarau	100m	Pegs and bolts
7	Sihla	Bouldering	N/A
8	Ceile Bicazului	250m	Pegs and bolts
9	Brasov/Kronstadt	40m	Bolts and pegs
10	Bucegi	500m	Bolts, pegs & Trad
11	Piatre Craiului/Konigstein	250m	Bolts, pegs & Trad
12	Buila Vanturarita	300m	Pegs and bolts
13	Sohodol	30m	Fully bolted
14	Baile Herculane	150m	Fully bolted + some pegs
15	Macin	N/A	Trad
16	Cheile Dobrogei	N/A	Trad

Rock climbing in Romania can effectively be split into 4 main regions, which are:
Brasov areahas a good mixture of single and multi-pitch routes (especially the Bucegi mountains). The area has witnessed a rapid development in recent years that has seen many new climbing areas opened and the majority of old ones have been re-equipped with new bolts.
Southwest area is dominated by Romania’s largest sports climbing crag at Baile Herculane, where the majority of the routes being single pitch.
Apuseni area provides many multi-pitch routes in the Trascau Mountains and the Turda gorge.
Oriental Carpathians area includes the crags at Ceile Bicazului where there are many multi-pitch routes and Rarau crag in the very north of the country, where al the routes are well protected with bolts.

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