Tafraout Granite Rock Climbing Guidebook

Description

This guidebook describes the superb granite cragging to the south of Tafraout including trad rock climbing, sport climbing, and selected bouldering circuits. This fascinating selection of granite domes and crags are all within 10km of Tafraout.  There is everything from single and multi-pitch routes, both sport and trad, as well as a number of Fontainebleau-style bouldering circuits.  All the climbing is situated in a semi-desert landscape, characterised by short approaches, and year-round Saharan sunshine. 

This guidebook describes over 800 routes and boulder problems that are all shown on colour photo topos. The climbing here is very varied from desperate jamming cracks and monster off-widths to delicate, bolt-protected slab climbs and desert boulder problems. The grade ranged covered is from F4 to F8b for the sport routes, Moderate to E7 for the trad routes, and Fb4a to Fb6b for the bouldering.

The climbing is split into 7 main areas and covers 75 different crags. For each main area there is an approach map (1:25,000 scale), description of the climbing to be found, and QR code navigation for parking spots and individual routes and buttresses.  Also included are summit notes for those wishing to explore the summits of the main granite domes.

Published in October 2024 (revised 3rd edition) this guidebook is in English text throughout. It also includes everything needed to plan a trip, including when to go, how to get there, where to stay, where to get food, and what to do on your rest days, along with a detailed history of Tafraout climbing.

Number of pages is 368. 
Size is 150mm x 210mm (A5).
ISBN is 9781913167172.