Gorge of the Dead Climbing
Elevation: | 277 ft |
GPS: |
35.10246, 26.23794 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
Page Views: | 422 total · 9/month |
Shared By: | Petr Fiala on Aug 4, 2020 · Updates |
Admins: | Jason Halladay, Luke Bertelsen |
Description
Limestone in this part of canyon is of good quality, however, you can see on the material that it is influenced by a combination of salty air, windy and rainy conditions in the winter period and very hot weather in summer. Limestone is mostly smoothe, not sharp. Your fingers will be happy with this material.
Exposition: The wall is situated to the east, so after 13.30 it is in shade. During summer 2019 it was possible to climb to 9.30 a.m., then take a rest a swim in small lakes lying at the bottom of the canyon and then go again to climb in the afternoon. There is one big stone next to the lakes, we created there a few short routes just for fun while resting.
Gorge of the Dead belongs to a local group of crags surrounding the villages of Xerokampos and Zakros. There are at least ten canyons, that are close to each other and where climbing can be developed. Xerokampos has six of them, Zakros has three. Currently climbing is at the beginning here, only a tiny part of all possibilities is exploited.
This local cluster of crags has the potential to become one of the best climbing areas in Greece and this potential is still waiting to be discovered. Our Zakros team is working here hard, however, we are only a small group of climbers. We will be very happy to invite every climber to our team.
Getting There
Park your car at the parking place which is in the middle distance between Zakros village and Kato Zakros, close to the path to the Gorge of Dead that leads there from the side. Walk to the bottom of the canyon and then turn left (direction to the Zakros village). After 200-250 meters turn to the left again, cross the creek and follow small red marks. You climb the slope until you reach the crag named Big Wall.
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