Rock climbing around Celje

Around Celje and Trbovlje in eastern Slovenia there are several excellent sports climbing crags on solid limestone rock. However the crag that stands out from all the others is undoubtedly Kotecnik, which offers nearly 300 routes across a good range of grades. This crag is situated in a forest, which means it is an ideal place to climb in the summer.

This area of Slovenia is close to the Croatia border and its capital Zagreb. Click here to find out more about the rock climbing and sports climbing in this area.

Map of the rock climbing areas around Celje and eastern Slovenia

Rock climbing areas around Celje in Eastern Slovenia
No	Crag Name	No of routes	Grade Range	Max Height	Number of Routes in Grade Range
No	Crag Name	No of routes	Grade Range	Max Height	Up to 5c	6a+to 6c+	7a to 7c+	Over 8a
1	Prepihova dolina	14	5a-7b	28m	2	10	2	0
2	Radlje	15	4b-7a+	15m	6	7	2	0
3	Kot	37	4a-7c	50m	8	18	11	0
4	Matvoz	37	4c-7a	16m	12	22	3	0
5	Sele	57	4a-7c+	15m	20	26	11	0
6	Buncove skale	54	4b-7c	15m	12	33	9	0
7	Seginov potok	10	5b-8a+	21m	1	2	5	2
8	Soder graben	35	4a-7c	13m	5	14	16	0
9	Boc	20	4a-7c+	25m	4	9	7	0
10	Lipje	10	6a-7c	16m	0	6	4	0
11	Socka	9	5b-7a	40m	5	3	1	0
12	Creta	93	4c-8b	30m	12	49	29	3
13	Vransko	16	4a-6a	17m	15	1	0	0
14	Pod Resko planino	66	4a-8a	18m	15	30	19	2
15	Kamnik	60	3-7b+	22m	37	19	4	0
16	Kotecnik	343	4b-8c+	40m	48	150	113	32
17	Slomnik	25	4c-7b+/c	15m	7	14	4	0
18	Zelenc	8	5c-7c	22m	1	3	4	0
19	Colnisce	23	5c-7b	20m	6	15	2	0
20	Renke	44	5a-7c+	25m	9	25	10	0
21	Cerjan	20	6a+-8a	20m	0	6	12	2
22	Armesko	24	4a-7b	20m	13	8	3	0
23	Nad Savo	19	5c-8a	27m	2	9	6	2
24	Luknja	51	4c-7b+	25m	13	18	10	2

Guidebooks for Slovenia

All the above information has been extracted from the only comprehensive rock climbing guidebook for Slovenia, called "Slovenija Sportnoplezalni Vodnik - Sports Climbing in Slovenia", which is available to buy from our shop.

The South Eastern Europe rock climbing Atlas gives some excellent general information about rock climbing and sports climbing in Slovenia, including the area around Celje. As well as covering Slovenia, this book also includes rock climbing information about Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia and Romania. Buy this book from our shop.