Rock climbing

Slovenia, as in most of Europe, has a mixture of valley and mountain crags, composed of good quality limestone.

Unlike some parts of Europe, the routes tend not to be overused and polished, and there are dozens of sport crags with thousands of routes to choose from.

A single guidebook is available that covers all of these crags, which can be bought from the Climb Slovenia shop.

Our accommodation is centrally located and is well placed for a number of venues, covering all grades and environments.

Here are a few high points to help you choose your venue.

Črna has 2 crags of its own, both within 10 minutes of the house.

The largest, "Burjakove Peci" has over 50 routes up to 50m in length. Grades range from 3a to 8c. You can find an old version of the topo here.

Kotecnik and Kamnik are 40 minutes away and have over 350 sport routes with a good mix of grades. Kotecnik is the largest of the two with the full range of grades, and Kamnik has many routes in the 4 to 5c+ grade.

Both are situated within forests making them ideal rock climbing areas from spring through to autumn, and are very popular in the summer.

You can get lots more useful information from the Climb Slovenia site.

Details of the crags around Črna can be found here and here.

Traveling to the northwest of Slovenia will take you to Triglav national park which is dominated by Triglav at 2863m. It takes about 1 hour 15 minutes to travel there from Črna.

There are many valley crags in Triglav, but if you venture there, its really a hike up Triglav or a climb up its "stena" (face) that you ought to be aiming for.

The hiking on Triglav is amazing, and if you want to take the summit, then you will need to be properly equipped and the last hour or so makes extensive use of Via Ferrata.

The "stena" has a number of rock climbing routes, and at 1200m high and 3km wide it is a spectacular place to climb.