Rijeka and Kvarner Region Rock Climbing and Sports Climbing, Croatia

Rock Climbing in the Kvarner Area

There are a few small crags to the north and east of Rijeka, though the best rock climbing area is near the town of Karlobag. Dabarski kukovi crag is a collection of buttress's offering multi-pitch rock climbing up to 185m high. All of the crags in this area are all limestone rock and are generally well bolted.

The crags of Dabarski kukovi (185m high) and Bozin kuk (220m high) offer good multi-pitch climbing of up to 6-pitches. For all the crags that offer multi-pitch climbing, a set of nuts and friends are required. Also note for some routes at Dabarski kukovi a 70m rope is recommended.

The Spring and Autumn are the best time to climb in this area, though it is possible to climb all year round at crags such as Veli Vrh, krk - Baska, and Cres - Lubenice.

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	Rock Climbing around Rijeka

No	Crag	Total No. of Routes	Number of Routes in Gade Range						Single or Multi Pitch
No	Crag	Total No. of Routes	4a to 4c	5a to 5+	6a to 6b	6b+ to 6c+	7a to 7b	7b+ to 7c+	Single or Multi Pitch
1	Veli Vrh	18	4	2	6	6	0	0	Single
2	Kamenjak	33	7	11	10	5	0	0	Both
3	Antovo	8	1	3	3	1	0	0	Both
4	Golubinjak	18	1	11	6	0	0	0	Single
5	Klek	22	1	7	6	5	2	1	Both
6	Krk - Baska	13	3	4	1	3	1	1	Single
7	Cres - Lubenice	12	2	3	5	2	0	0	Single
8	Cres - Babina	16	3	5	5	3	0	0	Single
9	Strogir	21	0	8	7	4	2	0	Multi
10	Plitvice	7	0	3	3	1	0	0	Single
11	Radetina greda	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	Multi
12	Dabarski kukovi	47	2	11	16	12	6	0	Multi
13	Bozin kuk	15	0	3	7	5	0	0	Multi
14	Zir	6	0	1	1	3	1	0	Multi
15	Pag - Stogaj	19	2	8	7	2	0	0	Both

Two of the above crags are not shown on the map opposite; Plitvice crag (number 10) is close to the border with Bosna; and Zir crag (number 14) is close to Paklenica.

Click on the photo to view a larger image, taken at Strogir crag.

Rock climbing photographs of Strogir crag in Kvarner, Croatia

The above information has been extracted from the new 2007 edition of the climbing guidebook for Croatia, written by Boris Cujic. Order a copy of this guidebook today from our shop.