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Rock climbing on Malta
Malta has a good mixture of sport climbing and traditional climbing routes, often side-by-side on the same crag, as shown above. The decision to bolt is decided upon a route-by-route basis. Undoubtable the best sport climbing area is Wied Babu, which has a good mixture routes across all grades. Malta has many excellent deep water soloing (DWS) venues, particularly Ghar Hasan. However not all of the deep water soloing routes on Malta are recorded, it's a case of go and explore.
The above information has been extracted from two guidebooks, which are Malta Rock Climbing (now sadly out of print), and Sport Climbing in Malta and Gozo, which covers over 500 fully bolted routes. Buy this guidebook from our shop.
List of Rock Climbing Areas in Malta | |||||||
No | Crag | Total number of routes | Trad Climbing | Sports Climbing | Bouldering | Deep water soloing | Single or multi-pitch |
1 | Victoria Lines | 234 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Single |
2 | Wied il-Ghasel | 60 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Single |
3 | Wied Qirda | 32 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Single |
4 | Ghar Hasan | 38 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Single |
5 | Wied il-Bassasa | 26 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Single |
6 | Continuation Wall | 22 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Both |
7 | Wied Babu | 136 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both |
8 | Hamrija Tower Slabs | 65 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Both |
9 | Ghar Lapsi | 102 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Single |
10 | Ix-Xaqqa | 65 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Both |
11 | Migra I-Ferha | 4 | No | Yes | No | No | Single |
12 | Fomm ir-Rih | 74 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Single |
13 | Il-Karraba | 23 | Yes | No | No | No | Single |
14 | Rdum Rxawn | 3 | Yes | No | No | No | Single |
15 | Irdum Irxaw | 20 | No | Yes | No | No | Single |
16 | Mellieha | 41 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Single |
17 | Il-Latnija & Il-Qammiegh | 32 | No | Yes | No | No | Single |
Gozo also has a number of crags, click here for more information. To find out when is the best time to visit Malta and how to get to there, go to our climbing logistics page.
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