Ost Mostly Sport climbing 11,457 routes in region

A lot of climbing is happening in and around Vienna. Within a 2 hours radius you will find mostly limestone crags (some gneiss also can be found in the danube region of Wachau) offering everything from slabs to overhangs, short to long climbs, remote to busy crags, single to multi pitch and so on...

Main crags are Peilstein, Hohe Wand, Höllental and many many more...

Information Sources / Topo Guides:

• http://www.keltenkalk.at/ - Covering around 4000 climbs and boulders in the region around vienna this might be the main source of information

• http://www.amazon.de/Peilstein-Kletterf%C3%BChrer-Gesamtf%C3%BChrer-Klettergarten-Ost-%C3%96sterreichs/dp/3900533377 - Covering Peilstein Area

• http://www.thomasbehm.at/hohewand_topos_buch.htm - Covering the Hohe Wand Area with around 1000 routes

• http://www.thomasbehm.at/hoellenthal.htm - Covering the Höllental Area (Rax / Schneeberg) with around 2000 routes

• http://www.bergsteigen.com/ - Offering a lot of online topos for Austria in General

• http://alpboulder.com/index.php/alpen-en-bloc/157-alpen-en-bloc-2-deutsch - Including some major Boulderspots around Vienna

• http://www.flugmeter.info/ - Alpine and Multi pitch climbing in eastern Austria

• ... and many more (please add information and links)

If the weather is bad Vienna offers a lot of indoor climbing possibilities (just google for climbing gym vienna...) - currently around 10 major climbing gyms exist in and around the city.