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Rock Climbing around Osp in Slovenia, Trieste in Italy & northern Croatia

The rock climbing at Osp actually consists of 3 different crags; Osp itself with its razor-sharp slabs, and technical vertical and slightly overhanging walls that offers both single and multi-pitch routes; Misja Pec with its steep powerful single pitch routes mainly in the higher grades; and Crni Kal offers single pitch routes mainly in the lower grades.

Just across the border in Italy, there is rock climbing around Trieste, with 4 separate crags. Val Rosandra is the most extensive and it also offers some multi-pitch routes.

The climbing in northern Croatia is not as extensive as the crags around Osp and Trieste, though they do offer the best potential for developing new routes. Visit our Climb-Croatia pages for more information regarding these crags.

All the routes in this region are on limestone rock that is generally good quality.

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Map of the rock climbing areas around Osp, Trieste and northern Croatia

Map of the rock climbing areas around Osp, Trieste and northern Croatia
Crags of south west Slovenia, Trieste in Italy & northern Istria in Croatia
No Country Crag Total No of routes Number of routes in grade range
3 to 5+ 6a to 6b+ 6c to 7a+ 7b to 7c+ 8a & over Not known
1 Italy Sistiana 23 8 9 4 1 0 1
2 Italy Costiera 51 5 14 12 14 3 3
3 Italy Napoleonica 166 39 58 40 16 13 0
4 Italy Val Rosandra 365 147 140 52 21 5 0
5 Slovenia Risnik 14 5 4 2 2 1 0
6 Slovenia Osp 194 14 58 71 44 7 0
7 Slovenia Misja pec 180 15 21 34 52 58 0
8 Slovenia Crni Kal 250 92 84 64 8 2 0
9 Croatia Cepic 39 14 19 5 1 0 0
11 Croatia Izvir Mirne 7 0 0 2 2 0 3
12 Croatia Raspadalica 42 7 18 9 1 1 6
12 Croatia Istarske toplice 9 2 2 4 1 0 0
13 Croatia Ponte Porton 29 19 9 1 0 0 0

Osp Logistics

The above information has been extracted from the "Climbing without Frontiers" guidebook, which is available to buy from our shop.

Getting to this excellent region is easy, with Trieste Airportclose by and Ljubljana airport is 1 to 2 hour’s drive away. The obvious place to be based is at Osp where there is a campsite (open all year round), with both Osp and Misja Pec crags within walking distance. There is also accommodation in Osp as well, such as hotels and apartments. Alternatively there are many holiday apartments to rent on the coast.

Rock climbing is possible throughout the year through the ideal time is the spring and autumn. It can be cold and wet in the winter. With regards to gear a 70m rope is ideal though many routes are possible with a 60m rope. Around 15 quickdraws are usually sufficient.