Rock climbing around Celje

Around Celje and Trbovlje in eastern Slovenia there are several excellent sports climbing crags on solid limestone rock. However the crag that stands out from all the others is undoubtedly Kotecnik, which offers nearly 300 routes across a good range of grades. This crag is situated in a forest, which means it is an ideal place to climb in the summer.

This area of Slovenia is close to the Croatia border and its capital Zagreb. Click here to find out more about the rock climbing and sports climbing in this area.

Map of the rock climbing areas around Celje and eastern Slovenia

No	Crag Name	Total No of routes	Grade Range	Max Height	Number of Routes in Grade Range
No	Crag Name	Total No of routes	Grade Range	Max Height	Up to 6a	6a+ to 6b+	6c to 7a+	7b to 7c+	8a to 8c
1	Radlje	13	4b-7a+	15m	5	4	4	0	0
2	Kot nad Prevaljami	34	4a-7c	50m	11	11	9	3	0
3	Matvoz	37	4c-7a	16m	18	14	5	0	0
4	Sele	42	4a-7c/c+	15m	20	9	7	6	0
5	Buncove skale	49	4b-7c	15m	17	20	8	4	0
6	Gromberg	11	5b-7b+	15m	2	4	4	1	0
7	eginov potok	10	6b-8a+	21m	1	1	3	3	2
8	oder graben	25	4a-7c	13m	6	6	9	4	0
9	Boc	20	4c-7c+	25m	7	3	7	3	0
10	Lipje	10	6a-7c	16m	1	2	5	2	0
11	Socka	11	5b-7a	40m	5	3	3	0	0
12	Vransko	16	4a-6a	17m	16	0	0	0	0
13	Pod Reko planino	64	4a-8a	18m	19	12	17	15	1
14	Kamnik	53	3a-7a+/b	22m	40	10	2	1	0
15	Kotecnik	297	3a-8b+	40m	64	64	91	51	27
16	Slomnik	18	5a-7b+	15m	6	5	7	0	0
17	Sopota	13	6a-7a+	12m	0	9	4	0	0
18	Zelenc	8	5c-7c	22m	1	3	1	3	0
19	Colnice	23	5c-7b	20m	8	11	3	1	0
20	Renke	43	5a-7c/c+	25m	11	13	11	8	0
21	Cerjan	20	6a-8a	20m	0	2	7	9	2
22	Armeko	26	4a-7b+	20m	11	9	4	2	0
23	Nad Savo	19	5c-8a	27m	3	4	7	4	1
24	Luknja	32	4b-7b+	25m	7	12	11	2	0

Guidebooks for Slovenia

All the above information has been extracted from the only comprehensive rock climbing guidebook for Slovenia, called "Slovenija Sportnoplezalni Vodnik - Sports Climbing in Slovenia", which is available to buy from our shop.

The South Eastern Europe rock climbing Atlas gives some excellent general information about rock climbing and sports climbing in Slovenia, including the area around Celje. As well as covering Slovenia, this book also includes rock climbing information about Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia and Romania. Buy this book from our shop.