Routes in Malta for selected grade

Pull on to the short wall above and right of the archway. Move left up the ramp to a large ledge with a cut block propped against the wall. Up the short wall above

The grey wall, finishing over two large flakes

The orange grey border to a traverse and up the column beyond.

The black wall just right of the orange, passing a faint leftward crack.

The leftward crack/rampline, approached by a traverse in from the right, due to brambles. Enjoyable line with hard finish.

Above the rectangular tunnel exit, the crack and groove passing a brown stain

The wall just right of Kissing the Pink

The leftward corner and slab above, just left of the brown scoop.

The wall just left of the scrappy corner

The scrappy corner

Diagonal roof crack just right of the roof hole

Climb the righthand end of a low bulge. A long reach for good horizontal holds

The vertical crack 2m right on flat holds.

The overhang breached by two superb cracks. This is the left hand.

Climb up to the flake to find a rusty sur- prise behind it. Continue to a good jug and straight to the top.

Start at the left side of the dent in the rock face and climb straight up.

Climb up to a small roof over which you will find a rest. Continue up through a series of good pockets

The start is usually damp but continues easily following the crack line. Heavily vegetated.

A straightforward climb. Well protected all the way up.

Climb up to the right facing crack line and continue along it for most of the way up. Protection is not too abundant or satisfyingly solid.

The exit for Continuation WallLow Level and Central Traverses. It is an adventure more than a climb! Can also be used as a descent - fishermen have been doing it for centuries! Start at the large platform below Bamboo Ledge

1 - 4a. Walk righ to Pillar Box Cave Slab, up this for 10m to Bamboo Ledge.

2 - 4c. Cross PBC Slab, go up and right to a steel bollard and a broken easy ramp leading right to the vegetated bay of PBC.

3 - 4a. Walk into and up the floor and back narrows of the cave, scramble up the righthand wall and through the pillar-box.

4 - 4a. Follow cut holds up the prow, left of the small terrace.

First route to the left when looking at the bolder. Start between the vegetation and the corner of the block

Start under the little bolder and up over the roof

From the vegetated terrace follow the cracks and blocks up the overlap.

Climb the wall to the left of the leaning block to reach its vegetated top

Climb up to the crescent shaped vegetated ledge at half height. Move up and left across the steep slab then back right to finish 3m left of the curving crack.

Up the curving crack to reach a line which traverses left across the Enigma slab, finishing up easier ground well to the left.

Follows the tempting, open curving flake crack, majestically lay-backing the overlap using hexes and cams. A classic. The Italian Military extended the route, starting from a ledge 7m down (good) and unnecessarily bolted it to death (bad).

Scramble to the floor of the orange cave. From its left end climb up to an obvious crackline, following it past a cave on the left, finishing up a cosy groove.

Climb the left buttress of the main cave to the base of the tall scoop then trend left to finish up the sharp wall.

A classic that follows the crack and left slanting groove on the right of the pillar.

The left sloping crack on the buttress to the right is climbed until a step right to a flake can be made. Mantelshelf over a bulge to gain the final slab.

Up the right of the slab to the corner. Exit up the right side of the deep little cave and up the second corner

The slab topped by a smooth white section

Climb easily to a ledge then up a shallow groove right of loose rock. Unprotectable.

The broken-up white section topped by the brown slab

Climb up the small inverted 'V' roof then directly up.

Start beneath the right hand edge of the gap in the skyline overhangs. Up to the smooth section and finish over the chossy bulge.

Takes the leftward curving wide crack upwards. Finish above on dodgy rock.

The slab with two light grey patches topped with a brown patch, the finish is traditionally loose

Start at the top of Xaqqa Chimney by a carved out thread belay. Take the broken brownish slab to a finish above on loose rock.

From the bottom of Xaqqa Chimney climb the slab for 10m then left to an earthy groove. Up this to a shallow niche and beyond on grotty rock.

Immediately left of the bottom of Xaqqa Chimney, take the brown slab with a small broken patch. Continue beyond passing an undercut niche on the grotty rock.

Takes the vertical crack on the brown slab. Up to the earthy groove above, step left and pass beneath the overhangs, trending left all the way to the top.

Take the rotten looking wall, passing a right hand slanting wide crack. Up the middle of the slab above, trending right. Climb the grotty looking undercut overhang.

Just left of QD, up the rotten looking wall then a shallow broken groove. Easy but friable rock above.

Follow a groove with twin cracks, passing two grey rugosities on your left. Climb to the foot of the overhangs and trend right, following a crack underneath the overhangs to reach EoD.

From the centre of Motorcycle Slab take the orange slab to join the right hand crack of the rightward thin cracks. Usual easy finish. Sparse gear!

From the centre of the slab, climb to the broken ledge out left. Up from its right hand edge to follow the rightwards twin cracks and ramble to the top.

Start up the orange rib, past the broken ledge then take the thin vertical crack above, step left at its end and follow a narrow slab above, finishing directly over the top curving overlap.

On the left edge of Motorcycle Slab is a vegetated vertical crack. Take this all the way, finishing rightwards following the top curving overlap.

The brown slab topped by a shiny grey patch.

The pleasant airy rib to the left

You can climb the 1st pitch (bolted) of the Xaqqa Sea Cliff Traverse to reach the 1st stance which has a fixed belay. The 2nd stance is on a small platform below some cracks and embedded roots of a tree

A few metres left of the tomb like structure in the middle of a buttress, climb past a large thread to a white niche. Up this onto slabs, passing a large hole near the top

The wall and overlap just right of Little Bulger. Start at the recess on the right.

The pocketed wall and small overhang directly behind the WD No. 24 marker stone.