| Seasons of Climbing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Autumn : This season can be considered the ideal period for climbing in Greece. The weather is good (most of times sunny) with ideal temperatures, so you can climb all day!!! Winter : In Magnesia very often climbing during winter is possible. Almost all crags here, are very close to the sea, so even if the temperature is very low, it is possible to have an interesting climbing day. Spring : Conditions are similar to those prevailing in autumn. Summer : In Magnesia there are crags that are in the shade in the morning, in the afternoon, or even all day with some interval of time between 12:00 to 14:30 (like Mikro - Platanias sector). |
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| Character of Rock | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The rock is a top quality limestone and in the new discovered crags (Anavra sector C, Paou, Kofi sector B) free of any kind of vegetation. Just solid rock!! There is nothing monotonous about climbing here, since there is great variety of slabs, walls with delicate moves, holes or overhanging routes with stalactites and toufas, small caves and roofs!!! All routes have a sport climbing character and they are very well equipped with stainless steel bolts and ancors. The grade of difficulty is ranging from F4c to F8b+? (a few unclimbed free projects close to this grade!) The majority of the routes are of one pitch of around 10 to 30 meters. However there are a few longer routes (ag. Onoufrios sector, Anavra sector B, Vrinena) reaching 2-3-4 pitches. So, Magnesia is starting to become an ideal place for a sport climber to push his or her limits on very well protected routes! |
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| Approach | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The most of the crags are very close to main roads, so the transportation to the crags is very simple. You just follow those roads that drives to villages around the mountains of Magnesia and you will find the crags very easy. Furthermore, there are a few painted marks indicating the route of the footpath where is more difficult to find it's start and all routes have their names written on the rock at their base. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Useful Gear | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Standard gear for routes is 15 quickdraws (maximum for a few new sectors) and a single 60 meters rope. (Anavra sector C, better 70m). Where something else is required, will be mentioned into this guide. |
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| Comments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Don't hesitate to get in touch with me, if you want to comment about any route, I will gladly accept your comments and I will update the informations where necessary. In more, everybody can put up a new route, but because of the proximity of the sea, is necessary to use stainless steel bolts and ancors at least 10mm, so the work of everybody will be permanent in time. |
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| Please Note : | ||||||||||||||||||||
| You are kindly requested not to leave litter. Smokers should be ultracarefull with their buts, specially during summer, when the vegetation is dry. Don't let the base of the crags looking like a giant ashtray.... | ||||||||||||||||||||
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