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Located between the cities of Sofia and Plovdiv, Kostenets is an ideal summer climbing venue. This crag offers 2 sectors: Over the road and Over the river.
https://youtu.be/dW5BPSNh-lY.
Over the road sector is full of slabby and face sport climbing from font 5c to 7c+ Over the river sector is the opposite, with steep overhanging climbing from font 6c+ to 8a+
https://youtu.be/dW5BPSNh-lY.
Over the road sector is full of slabby and face sport climbing from font 5c to 7c+ Over the river sector is the opposite, with steep overhanging climbing from font 6c+ to 8a+
Grades
Climbing difficulty (French)
- 5b: 1 route5b: 1 route
- 5c+: 1 route5c+: 1 route
- 6a: 1 route6a: 1 route
- 6a+: 4 routes6a+: 4 routes
- 6b+: 2 routes6b+: 2 routes
- 6c+: 2 routes6c+: 2 routes
- 7a: 1 route7a: 1 route
- 7a+: 1 route7a+: 1 route
- 7b: 1 route7b: 1 route
- 7c: 3 routes7c: 3 routes
- 7c+: 3 routes7c+: 3 routes
- 8a+: 1 route8a+: 1 route
Most popular time of the year for climbing
- January: 0 ascentsJanuary: 0 ascents
- February: 0 ascentsFebruary: 0 ascents
- March: 0 ascentsMarch: 0 ascents
- April: 0 ascentsApril: 0 ascents
- May: 2 ascentsMay: 2 ascents
- June: 8 ascentsJune: 8 ascents
- July: 14 ascentsJuly: 14 ascents
- August: 10 ascentsAugust: 10 ascents
- September: 4 ascentsSeptember: 4 ascents
- October: 1 ascentOctober: 1 ascent
- November: 1 ascentNovember: 1 ascent
- December: 0 ascentsDecember: 0 ascents
Cardinal direction
Areas (3)
|
Title
|
Climbing style |
Grades |
Routes |
Ratings |
|---|
|
Nad patya
(Sector)
|
Sport climbing
|
|
11
|
|
|
Nad rekata
(Sector)
|
Sport climbing
|
|
7
|
|
|
Sokolovets
(Sector)
|
Mostly Sport climbing
|
|
4
|
|
History
This crag was bolted in 2017, meaning it is relatively new so make sure to always wear a helmet. The people who have taken part in developing it are: Nikolay Petkov, Elitsa Pavlova, Doychin Boyanov, Nikola Kalistrin, Martin Penkov, Vasil Tsvetkov, Konstantin Kostadinov and Boyko Lalov.
|
Type
|
Title
|
Climbing style |
Grade |
Length |
Pitches |
Bolts
|
Ratings |
|---|
|
Sport climbing
|
6a+
|
30 m
|
–
|
14
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
5c+
|
28 m
|
–
|
13
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6a
|
17 m
|
–
|
10
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6b+
|
16 m
|
–
|
9
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6a+
|
19 m
|
–
|
9
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6b+
|
15 m
|
–
|
8
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7b
|
19 m
|
–
|
11
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7a+
|
20 m
|
–
|
13
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7c
|
20 m
|
–
|
12
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c+
|
22 m
|
–
|
13
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6a+
|
18 m
|
–
|
10
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7c+
|
22 m
|
–
|
14
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7c+
|
23 m
|
–
|
14
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
8a+
|
17 m
|
–
|
11
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7c+
|
20 m
|
–
|
11
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7a
|
25 m
|
–
|
13
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7c
|
26 m
|
–
|
16
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c+
|
25 m
|
–
|
14
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6a+
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7+
|
–
|
2
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
5b
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
Coordinates
DD
42.236013, 23.803071
DMS
42°14'09.6"N 23°48'11.1"E
UTM
34T 731293 4679785
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Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!
Approach
Park your car at this parking and begin your walk. Go forward the path, take the first left and keep walking until you see the sectors. A visual walk-in can be seen in the video above.
(:parking:, 42.25,23.8061 )
(:parking:, 42.25,23.8061 )
Climbing style
Approach
Gentle
10-20 min
Descent
Rap off
Maps and trails
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