Zagreb Rock Climbing in Croatia

Rock Climbing around Zagreb

The majority of the rock climbing is to the north and west of Zagreb. All the rock climbing is on solid limestone rock and the crags are generally well bolted offering single pitch routes. The 2 main crags of the area are situated in atmospheric surroundings; Pokojec, which is surrounded by picturesque hills and vineyards; and Kalnik, which is situated within the ruins of a castle.

Rock climbing pictures in Zagreb, Croatia

Click on the image to view a larger photograph, showing the excellent rock climbing to be found around Zagreb.

The 2007 Edition of the Croatia
rock climbing guidebook, which
covers the crags around Zagreb in Croatia.
Buy from our shop.


	Map of the Rock Climbing areas around Zagreb

No	Crag	Total No. of Routes at Crag	No of routes at these grades							Single or Multi Pitch
No	Crag	Total No. of Routes at Crag	3 to 4c	5a to 5+	6a to 6b	6b+ to 6c+	7a to 7b	7b+ to 7c+	8a to 8c	Single or Multi Pitch
1	Terihaj	13	2	1	4	1	2	2	1	Single
2	Okic	30	6	8	10	2	1	1	2	Both
3	Ravna gora	37	3	4	18	6	5	1	0	Both
4	Vranja pec	15	0	2	1	1	3	4	4	Single
5	Zia	20	0	4	5	3	3	2	3	Single
6	Pokojec	60	2	6	8	11	13	13	7	Single
7	Ljubelj	10	2	2	3	1	2	0	0	Single
8	Kalnik	129	19	13	30	26	22	14	5	Single

The above information has been extracted from the new 2007 edition of the
Rock Climbing Guidebook for Croatia, written by Boris Cujic, which is available from our shop.

During the winter it gets very cold, so the best time of the year to go rock climbing around Zagreb is from the spring through to autumn.

Just across the border in Slovenia there are also some excellent places to go rock climbing including the very extensive limestone crag at Kotecnik.
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