CROATIA CLIMBING GUIDE | Astroida climbing guide

CLIMBING GUIDE

This is the definitive guidebook that details all the rock climbing and sport climbing areas within Croatia, except Paklenica. It covers 76 different crags and 4,487 routes. The guidebook covers the rock climbing around:

1) Split and the islands of Hvar, Brac & Vis

2) Istria region, which covers the area around Pula, Rovinj & Pazin

3) Areas around Rijeka & Karlobag

4) Areas around Zagreb in Northern Croatia

All the routes are shown on colour photo topos, with all the routes given French grades (each pitch if appropriate) along with their length. There are; 218 routes from F3a to F4c; 733 routes between F5a and F5c+; 1,726 routes between F6a and F6c+; 1,235 routes between F7a and F7c+; and 315 routes F8a and above. A further 260 routes are classed as projects.

At the beginning of each crag there is a description of the style of climbing to found, along with a good location map including the parking GPS co-ordinates and QR code, and total number of routes in each grade band. Symbols are used to indicate the approach time, style of climbing to found, height of the crag, best time of the year to climb there and the orientation of the crag.

Published in August 2024 (revised 10th Edition), this guidebook is in Croatian, German, and English text. It includes 4 new crags and nearly 500 new routes than the previous edition.