Rock climbing in Palestine and The West Bank
Rock climbing in the West Bank of Palestine offers the chance to have an adventure climbing holiday with a difference. Visitors to Palestine will find incredible rock climbing in idyllic landscapes, and a growing community of enthusiastic and welcoming local climbers.
The climbing is mainly on good quality limestone rock, with the vast majority of the routes being single pitch. Whilst most of the routes are sport, there are also some mixed routes and well as some purely trad routes. In total there are over 340 routes spread across a wide range of grades in 9 different climbing areas
No | Crag | Total No of routes | Up to F5c+ | F6a to F6b+ | F6c to F7b+ | F7c and above | Max Height |
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1 | Yabrud | 56 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 20m |
2 | Ein Yabrud | 24 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 25m |
3 | Ein Qiniya | 34 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 25m |
4 | New Ein Qiniya | 21 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 22m |
5 | Al Bireh | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14m |
6 | Ein Fara | 136 | 18 | 50 | 53 | 15 | 35m |
7 | Battir | 26 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10m |
8 | Wadi Tamer | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55m |
9 | Nablus | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 32m |
1) Yabrud – The best rock in Palestine! Yabrud is a quick trip from Ramallah and offers varied climbing on bulletproof rock.
2) Ein Yabrud – In this beautiful lush valley there is unique climbing on limestone that is unlike anywhere else in the West Bank.
3) Ein Qiniya – One of the first crags in the West Bank to be bolted with easy access from Ramallah.
4) New Ein Qiniya – A 15-minute walk from the original Ein Qiniya brings a different climbing style and some interesting bouldering.