Rock Climbing in Nuoro, Sardinia



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Rock Climbing Areas around Nuoro and Cala Gonone

Cala Gonone is at the heart of Sardinian rock climbing and is known as one of the top European rock climbing areas, with its fantastic position by the crystal clear sea and beautiful beaches. As well as Cala Gonone, there are many other good rock climbing areas such as Cala Luna, Isili and around Jerzu.
The vast majority of the rock climbing is these areas is on bolted bullet hard limestone with a good variety of single and multi-pitch routes up to 400m long. There is also a small number of granite bouldering areas, particularly near Nuoro.


	Rock Climbing Areas around Nuoro and Cala Gonone

Rocking climbing area of Cala Gonone and the Province of Nuoro
No	Region	Type of climbing	Type of Rock	No of routes	Grade range	Single or Multi-pitch
1	Cala Gonone	Sport	Limestone	415	3b to 8c	Both
2	Cala Luna	Sport	Limestone	37	5c to 8b+	Both
3	Aguglia	Trad/Sport	Limestone	21	6b to 7b+	Both
4	Baunei	Sport	Limestone	40	5b to 8a	Both
5	Selene	Bouldering	Granite	32	3b to 6c+	Single
6	Ussassai	Sport	Limestone	12	5b to 7b	Single
7	Osini	Sport	Limestone	22	5a to 7b	Single
8	Ulassai	Sport	Limestone	79	5b to 8a+	Both
9	Jerzu	Sport	Limestone	215	4c to 8b	Single
10	Isili	Sport	Limestone	256	5a to 8b+	Single
11	Orani	Bouldering	Granite	86	fb-3b to fb-7b	n/a
12	Orotelli	Bouldering	Granite	Not Known
13	Dorgali	Sport	Limestone	63	5a to 8a	Single
14	Lanaitto	Sport	Limestone	42	5c to 7b+	Both
15	Maccione	Sport	Limestone	65	4c to 8a/b	Both
16	Punta Cusidore	Trad/Sport	Limestone	6	6c to 7a	Multi
17	Monte Oddeu	Trad/Sport	Limestone	37	5a to 7b	Both
18	Gorroppu	Trad/Sport	Limestone	9	6b+ to 8b	Multi
19	Siniscola	Sport	Limestone	50	5b to 8b	Single
20	Posada	Sport	Limestone	17	3b to 7b+	Single

The 4 major rock climbing areas within the Province of Nuoro are as follows:

Cala Gonone - The heart of Sardinian rock climbing and is known as one of the top European rock climbing areas, with over 400 routes. Here there is everything a rock climber could wish for, from short single pitch routes to 200m + classics on slabs or fierce overhangs. Click here for more details about this area.
Supramonte - Situated between Dorgali and Oliena, Supramonte offers big wall rock climbing with many bolted multi-pitch routes up to 400m long.
Isili - One of the most popular rock climbing areas in Sardinia, with over 250 single pitch sports routes at 18 different crags.
Jerzu - Situated near Tortoli the area around Jerzu and Ulassai has seen an explosion of new routes (now over 300), and there is still the potential for many more.

The above information has mainly been extracted from the only comprehensive climbing guide to the island called "Pietra Di Luna - A guide to Sport Climbing in Sardinia". The guide is available in English and includes many excellent photographs of rock climbing throughout Sardinia. Buy this guidebook from our shop today!

Logistics

For the majority of the routes a single 60m rope and up to 12 quickdraws will be sufficient. For those looking to climb the long multi-pitch routes, then duel ropes and a full lead rock with nuts and friends is advisable. For the areas described above as Trad/Sport it means the bolts on these routes are either very well spaced or non-existent!

The best time to go rock climbing is from the autumn through to the spring as it is just too hot in the summer months. For details and logistics on getting to Cala Gonone and Sardinia, then click here.

Click on the images above to view a larger photograph. These photographs illustrate the fantastic rock climbing to be found in at Cala Gonone, Isili, Baunei and Jerzu.