Routes as sport in Armenia

First bolt could be a bit too high for a first beginner's lead climb.

Good not demanding route for beginners

First bolt is definetely high for a beginner route so one has to be mentally ready for it.

Nice and comfortable route to have your first outdoor climb.

Climb the arete with a bit of exposure

Hard starting moves that gradually get easier.

2 bolt anchor, no chain.

Start from a big jug and climb up to the roof where you find a savage bouldery crux to go past. Then you come to a slabby technical part and a traverse section after a 4-th quickdraw that joins the route with Blue Gray Fun

You'd better bring either a second rope or 3-4 extensible quickdraws to avoid a massive rope drag after the traverse.

2-bolt anchor without a chain.

Technical moves off the ground that move up into a pocketed face.

2-bolt anchor without a chain.

Climb up the fragile rock countering a distinct crux. Would be best to wear a helmet

Lower crux to easier top

Dirty start leads to friable holds. Wear a helmet

Bouldery start leads to easier climbing

Boulder start to a small runout on chossy rock, to a small bulge at the top.

Dirty and loose the whole way up. Wear a helmet.

They say it used to be a dry tooling route. Some may find a section between 4th and 5th quickdraws a bit tricky and slightly commiting as there are loose holds and a huge but slopy right foot. You'll find yourself in a good stemming position right after, though.

There's a 2-bolt anchor without any rings so you'd better clean the route on a top-rope and remove the anchor after topping out. It's safe as the shelf at the top is huge.

Basically there's one line for this route and May Love the only difference is that if you climb the first you have to stick to the left

Basically there's one line for this route and Hrazdan the only difference is that if you climb the first you have to stick to the right

Steep start to a small technical face

A steep start leads to a small bulge

A steep start leads to a puzzling crux

A tough boulder problem down low leads to easier climbing at the top

Tricky climb requiring balance

A good warm up for the area

An engaging climb bring your crimp strength. Possibly pre-clip the second bolt.

Slightly overhanging and pumpy. A bit reachy at the bottom

Open project. Get ready to crimp and stand on invisible edges

A bit pumpy, similar to Alex in Fatherland.

A boulder problem down low leads to easier climbing.

Cool overhanging route. Beware of rope friction when lowering

Start from the ground, not from the rock. Beware of rope friction when lowering

Despite the modest grades this is not exactly a good beginners multi-pitch. With loose rock on virtually every pitch, sound judgement and route-finding skills are a must. The first two pitches are both very loose. The 3rd pitch has the best quality rock on the whole route and is pretty fun. The 4th pitch is short, and chossy but slightly less so than the first two pitches. The last pitch is higher quality, but has some dangerous death blocks that can be avoided if you're careful. Beautiful views the whole way up!

P1 5.8 60 ft: Climb up the corner/slab using side pulls and high steps until you traverse right to the anchors. The crux may be figuring out which holds are good enough to pull on.

P2 5.8 45 ft: Climb up the easy slab. Lots of loose rock here so be careful!

P3 5.10C 80 ft: The rock quality is much better on this pitch! Balance-y moves and technical face climbing lead you to a very comfortable ledge.

P4 5.8 80 ft: Climb up the easier slab to the base of the much steeper final pitch.

P5 5.11b 115 ft: Climb up the steepening face with awesome exposure! Starts off relatively easy and gets harder towards the top. Watch out for some very big loose blocks near the top!

Rap the route with 2 60m or a single 70m rope.

A steepish route with multiple cruxes separated with good rests.

The first bolt is a bit high but there is a good clipping hold.

Pitch 1: Follow the bolted flake to the 2 bolt anchor. 5.8 Pitch 2: Continue up the technical lie-back crack. Careful on the run-out to the first bolt. Great technical moves. Finish on one good and one bad bolt. 5.10b/c Pitch 3: Move left and up the wide broken crack. 5.7 to a 2 bolt ancho

The bolted route to the left of Richter Scale. Climbs up a face using crimps and big huecos and flakes.

Finishes under the big roof. Has cleaned up significantly over the years but still be weary of a couple of thin looking flakes.

a 60m gets you down just fine

Bouldery overhanging jugs lead to a good rest 3/4 way up. Then steep technical climbing to a crux at the last 10 feet pulling over the roof. Start is behind a grove of trees. Beginning holds are a bit high up, stand on a tree if you must.

2-bolt top anchor with a chain

Technical slab with a healthy amount of crimps, slopers, and high steps. Pull left around a corner and join up with Richer scale, which means the crux of the route is the same as Richter scale's, pulling over the roof at the last 10 feet of the climb. Beginning is up a small path behind a grove of trees.

Climbs the slabby to vertical face to the left of the triangle routes. A sustained pitch with multiple cruxes between good rests. Flakes and layback moves with plenty of highsteps thrown in. A bit dirty at the moment.

A classic and many peoples first outdoor climb. Climb the left side of the triangle. You may find it to be hard for the grade if you are unfamiliar with stemming and jamming. Most stem/chimney inside the wide crack on the left, but it's also possible to stick to the arete on the right, keeps the grade the same.

They say it's 5c. If you want it to be that you'd better climb a couple of first moves more to the right not straight up, though. Pretty slabby one. Good to get the hand of your foot work

One of the older routes and definitely an area classic. Bouldery start (easier if taller) leads to moderate pocket pulling straight up the face. A must do for the area.

Be prepared to have dozens of tourists stop and watch/take pictures of you!

Easy lay back moves lead to jamming with your right hand and crimping with your left. Crux is pulling over the bulge at the top which involves awkward hand jams. The bolt for the crux is poorly placed, if you blow it, you could deck on a lower ledge.

the left most of the 4 sport climbs. Climb the easy pocketed slab encountering a bulge near the top.

Similar to Alecram but slightly harder. Climb up the pocketed slab and shares the last few bolts with Alecram and finishes at the same anchor

Similar to the other routes next to it. Enjoy the pocketed slab, climbing over the occasional bulge. Shares the same anchor with the two routes to the left.

Probably the best line of this cluster of routes. Climb up the slab, bust out a small roof, the climb up a faint dihedral to the top. Ends at it's own set of anchors.

A deceptively hard face climb. A bouldery start leads to a small ledge where a rest can be had. Continue up the face on small edges and pockets for a few bolt or until you reach another boulder problem. Using very small holds, and even smaller feet, climb over the bulge. Easier climbing leads you to the anchors. The opening boulder problem will feel harder for short people

Thin and reachy. Climb up an easy slab to a hollow sounding flake. Make strange moves with underclings and high steps to a small ledge where you can take both hands off. Then quest up difficult to read terrain with no so great hand holds but decent feet. Gets easier the higher you go.

Crimps and jugs along the rib to the right of a gully.

Pockets and crimps on great limestone to awesome lie backing on a right facing flake.

A contrived start leads to technical climbing up a dead vertical wall. Strange movements and less that solid rock on this one.

Climb up the face on crimps with good feet the whole way up. As you make your way to the very top you'll encounter two drilled pockets, it is possible to skip them. Sustained and techy all the way up

Pay attention to a number of quickdraws before jumping in. You can skip a few of 'em, though

An incredible game route with multiple cruxes and decent rests spread throughout. Still a bit sharp, but very much worth getting on! Stays on you until the end

This is the obvious line going up the arete. Super aesthetic! Crux climbing with good rests all the way up.

Climb up the slab/face on sharp rock.

An amazing multi pitch. Generally good rock, and awesome exposure.

P1 5.11a 80 ft: Climb up the face, using crimps and laybacks up to a slot then onto a ledge.

P2 5.12b 98 ft: Climb up the face with increasing difficulty using crimps, laybacking, and highsteps. Ends under the big roof.

P3 5.11d 115 ft: Climb out the left side of the roof making a few difficult moves, finish up on face climbing that gets easier the higher you go.

P4 5.10c 130 ft: If you've made it this far you've got it! Climb up the easier face to the top. It is possible to rap the route with 2 ropes.

A fun route with varied climbing. Start in a crack and work your way up the face traversing to the right (crux) round the corner and finish up the easier slab.

This climbs the rib ditectly below the "not a church" religious site.

A long route that climbs to the left of an obvious crack.

Another long easy route. Make sure you're solid at the grade as there are significant runs in-between the bolts.

When it comes to movement this is one of the bets pitches at the crag! Sadly it has been the site of much controversy regarding it's bolting. What was originally a perfectly safe route has been dumbed down by retro-bolting from a few weak-minded individuals...If you want to climb the route in it's formal glory, only clip the original bolts (it's very easy to distinguish due to the new bolts being very shiny)

anyways...climb up the easy slab to where the wall turns to vertical. Make some big moves on good incut edges until you can clip the anchors from a stance under the big flake. Clipping the anchor may be harder if you're short.

A wonderful, long route that has managed to avoid the wrath of retro-bolting... Climb up the easy slab to face climbing and a dihedral with technical and thought provoking moves.

With engaging climbing the whole way up this is one of the best routes in Armenia so far! The beginning can use a bit of cleaning up but it's all there.

Start with an easy slab to a small boulder problem through a roof. A few bolts of tech face climbing brings you to good rest before the final headwall. Bust out a hard boulder problem with either long moves or use some small intermediates and try not to fall off until you clip the anchors!

A massive route that climbs the entire cliffs face. Climb up the vertical face encountering a mini crux on sloping edges. climb a few easier bolts to a ledge which you could bivi on. Rest up and when ready fire the last 40 feet of power-crimping on beautiful rock (real crux). If not for the ledge rest it would be an incredible mega-endurance route. This route is LONG so bring either an 80m rope or two 60m to get off. Because it is not very overhanging, cleaning on rappel is ok!

Climb through the juggy lower section to the thin crux at the roof

The longest route on this wall. Varied moves bring you up on large pockets and edges. Move between flakes at the top. Wanders a bit and will test your route finding abilities!

Steep and pumpy start leads to a slaby crux just before the anchors

Thin and crimpy. Stay somewhat right of the bolts. Move left over the bulge to the anchors

Fun thin pockets at the start into a crack system to a fantastic finish.

Six bolts to shared anchors with Centipede.

Scramble up the blocks at ground level, to the thin and reachey crux then finish up on the last few bolts of Fire and Brimstone.

Steep and pumpy with super cool moves make this a must do route.

Great moves through steep terrain.

One of the first bolted routes at the crag. A bolt was added down low to eliminate a scary run out. A slabby route that demands your attention.

Thin and Slabby. What used to be a serious lead has been dumbed down by retro-bolting...Still a good route