Grand Finale
We’d set out for Croatia unsure how long the autumn weather would be fit for climbing – banking on a couple of weeks, but daring to hope for more. Almost […]
We’d set out for Croatia unsure how long the autumn weather would be fit for climbing – banking on a couple of weeks, but daring to hope for more. Almost […]
Cikola is described as the fastest-developing climbing area in Croatia, with the first routes only established in 2015; it now boasts over 250. Cikola is the largest tributary feeding the […]
With so much climbing around our beach-front residence at Camping Stobrec, Split, I had to SPLIT it into two posts. This one, somewhat arbitrarily, takes in three crags to the […]
It turns out that it does sometimes rain in Croatia, and we used a couple of very damp days (sorry – no rain pics, but trust me; it was verging […]
The remarkable geography around this attractive coastal town once made it the base for the most powerful pirates in the Mediterranean. Backed by high mountains, and with a natural rock […]
Paklenica is deservedly the most famous climbing destination in Croatia – this 15km long canyon starts just a couple of km from the coast and snakes its way up into […]
The Velebit massif is the largest (though not the highest) mountain range in Croatia. It sits proudly overlooking the Adriatic, and runs for around 150km down the spine of the […]
Escaping some iffy weather in Istria we hoped to sample the climbing on Krk (a handy island destination because it is now connected via a now free bridge), but that […]
Kompanj is the other 5* crag in the Buzet area; a defiant final outcrop of immaculate white and orange limestone on the 100km escarpment before it fizzles out towards Rijeka. […]
Istria, the bulbous peninsula at the northern end of the Adriatic, is separated from the rest of Croatia by the Učka mountains, which are protected as a Nature Park. The […]
The Karst escarpment that hosts so much quality climbing in this corner of the Adriatic runs for around 100km from Monfalcone in Italy, south east through Trieste, nips across Slovenia, […]
The RockAroundTheWorld bus is back in action and heading for an autumn escape to Croatia. If you plot a route via the Hull-Rotterdam ferry, you’ll find you pretty much drive […]
Another crag within easy reach of Omis, at the top of the Cetina gorge. Nice drive, but to be honest the climbing wasn’t anything special. Maybe a jaundiced view as […]
Pretty crag, about 20km south of Omis. 60m routes on steep grey walls, covered in hidden jugs. Not to mention breathtaking views over the Adriatic.
A damp day coincided with an overdue need for a rest, so a side trip to Dubrovnik fitted the bill. Gorgeous walled city with the compelling back story of recent […]
Enough about pirates – what about the climbing? Well, there’s loads of it, much of which is spread along the road which winds out of town up the Cetina gorge, […]
Omis lies a couple of hours south of Paklenica, and 20km south of Split. The river Cetina has carved a deep gorge through rock barriers, into the sea, making the […]
The climbing really is outstanding – just wish they’d bump up the grades a bit!