Rock Climbing around Split

There are over 600 sports routes around the Split area including rock climbing on the islands of Hvar, Brac & Vis. All of these crags are limestone and are generally single pitch, though at Omis there are some bolted multi pitch climbing up to 300m long. Also at Bukovac Biokovo, in the mountains behind Makarska there are bolted sports routes between 215 to 600m long. The rock climbing in this region is often in spectacular surroundings; such as the fantastic views from Trogir and Malacka; to the beach climbing on Hvar Island at Suplja stina.

The crags around Split provide enough quality rock climbing for at least a week or two. Split and Hvar Island are also popular holiday resorts, making this an ideal area to include a few days climbing as part of your general holiday. On Hvar Island there is even some deep water soling (DWS) to be enjoyed.

Generally it's ideal to rock climb in this area throughout the year at all of these crags, except at Kozjak in the summer and Markezina greda in the winter.

Map of the Rock Climbing areas around Split

The above information has been extracted from the current 2009 edition of the rock climbing guidebook for Croatia, written by Boris Cujic.

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List of rock climbing areas around Split
No	Crag	Total number of routes	Number of Routes in Grade Range						Multi or Single Pitch
No	Crag	Total number of routes	4a to 4c	5a to 5c+	6a to 6c+	7a to 7c+	8a to 8c+	Project	Multi or Single Pitch
1	Trogir - Sveti Vid	68	0	7	27	26	4	4	Single
2	Malacka	13	2	2	6	3	0	0	Single
3	Kozjak	5	0	1	3	0	0	1	Both
4	Markezina greda	88	1	1	27	34	9	16	Both
5	Marjan	76	2	13	39	18	2	2	Single
6	Rupotine Klis	18	0	1	6	10	1	0	Single
7	Omis	142	8	25	79	24	5	1	Both
8	Zadvarje	28	1	2	14	9	1	1	Single
9	Brela	78	8	22	39	7	0	2	Both
10	Vrisove glavice	27	1	5	16	0	0	5	Both
11	Bukovac Biokovo	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	Multi
12	Bast	15	1	2	5	3	0	4	Single
13	Krvavica	10	0	1	6	1	0	2	Single
14	Borovac - Biokova	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	Multi
15	Brac	59	7	21	22	7	0	2	Single
16	Hvar - Podstine	11	0	5	3	3	0	0	Single
17	Hvar - Milna	20	1	4	13	2	0	0	Single
18	Hvar - Stracine	16	4	4	8	0	0	0	Single
19	Hvar - Suplja stina	127	0	19	73	32	3	0	Single
20	Hvar - Velika Stiniva	45	1	26	5	8	3	2	Single
21	Vis - Crnjene stine	12	3	2	7	0	0	0	Both

Photograph of rock climbing around Split

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Split Logistics

The crags around Split easily offer a good week worth of quality rock climbing. Split and Hvar Island are popular holiday resorts, making this an ideal area to include a few days climbing as part of your general holiday.

Due to the ferry times and poor state of the roads at Hvar, it is not possible to be based in Split and then do a days climbing on Hvar. However there are many Pansions (which offer B&B accommodation) around this area, so it is possible to travel easily from crag to crag spending a few days in one area. Hence if you wish to visit a number of crags around Split and the various islands it is essential to hire a car.

It is also worth noting there is a rock climbing centre based on the island of Hvar, called Cliff Base, where you can hire rock climbing equipment such as ropes and harnesses etc.

With regards to flying into the area, Split has its own airport, which is located close to Trogir. Further information regarding flights into this airport can be found here.