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Best 1 Wallstreet
Wallstreet

Wallstreet represents a landmark achievement in climbing history. This limestone route within the Frankenjura region of Germany was pioneered by Wolfgang Güllich in 1987 as the inaugural 8c climb globally. Its difficulty and historical importance make it notable for experienced sport climbers seekin...

2 Big Island
Big Island

Big Island is a demanding sport climbing route located on Hawaii’s Big Island. It stands as one of the state's most challenging modern climbs, consistently graded at 8c (V16). The problem features dynamic movement and precise footwork, making it notable for its technical difficulty. Experienced clim...

9.08 Excellent
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Iconic Fontainebleau hard boulder, internationally recognized testpiece, high movement quality and elite repeat prestige.

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3 Bellavista
Bellavista

Bellavista is a challenging limestone climbing route located within the Italian Dolomites. It’s notable as the big wall where Alexander Huber achieved his historic first free ascent of an 8c pitch. The route demands significant experience and skill, making it suitable for advanced climbers specializ...

4 Fish Eye
Fish Eye

Fish Eye is an 8c sport climbing route located in Oliana, Spain. The route features significant movement on a large, curving limestone tufa wall created by Chris Sharma. It’s notable for its sustained difficulty and the unique challenges presented by the prominent overhang. Fish Eye is primarily int...

5 Orbayu
Orbayu

Orbayu represents a significant limestone climbing route within the Naranjo range of the Picos de Europa in Spain. The route is notable for its demanding 8c (Category X) pitches and its status as a classic bigwall challenge. It was first ascended in 2009 by the Pou brothers, attracting experienced b...

6 Welcome to Tijuana

Welcome to Tijuana represents a significant challenge within the Rodellar limestone cliffs of Spain. This historic sport climbing route is graded 8c (9a) and renowned for its extreme steepness and technical difficulty. The climb’s substantial tufa rock formation makes it notable. It's primarily suit...

7 Raz
Raz

Raz is an 8c sport climbing route located on the limestone cliffs of Ceüse, France. It’s notable for its demanding technical climbing and historical significance as one of the first routes to achieve this grade in the area. The route presents a sustained physical challenge suitable for experienced c...

8 Honky Tonky

Honky Tonky is an 8c sport climbing route located in Rodellar, Spain. It’s notable for its challenging sustained moves on high-quality limestone. The route features prominent tufas characteristic of the area and represents a significant test for experienced climbers seeking advanced difficulty. It's...

9 La Fabelita

La Fabelita is a limestone sport climbing route located in Santa Lluna, Spain. It’s notable as the first 8c+ (9a) climb completed by Josune Bereziartu, marking a pivotal moment in women's climbing history. The route presents technical challenges and sustained movement suitable for experienced climbe...

10 Agincourt
Agincourt

Agincourt is a challenging limestone sport climbing route located at Buoux, France. It’s notable for being one of the first routes to achieve an 8c (Sport) grade, significantly raising the bar for difficulty in British climbing during its establishment. The route demands powerful movements and preci...

11 Goldrake
Goldrake

Goldrake is a challenging modern sport climbing route located in Flatanger, Norway. It’s considered an 8c climb notable for its technical nature and demanding sustained moves. The route attracts experienced climbers seeking advanced challenges within established sport climbing environments. It repre...

8.42 Great
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Kalymnos tufa classic with international fame, spectacular style, high popularity, slightly softened by destination-route crowding.

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12 Noia
Noia

Noia is an 8c sport climbing route situated within the Santa Linya cave of Spain. The limestone formation presents a heavily overhung challenge demanding significant power and precise movement. It’s notable for its difficulty and style, attracting experienced climbers specializing in steep, technica...

13 Liquid Ambar

Liquid Ambar is an 8c sport climbing route located in Wales’ Wye Valley. Carved into limestone, it's noted for its exceptionally smooth and precise moves demanding significant technical skill. The route presents a notable challenge for experienced climbers seeking advanced sport climbs. It’s particu...

14 Super Plafond

Super Plafond is a significant sport climbing route situated in Verdon Gorge, France. It’s notable for being one of the world's first recognized 8c+ climbs featuring a prominent horizontal roof section demanding exceptional body positioning and dynamic movement. The limestone rock provides a classic...

15 Powerade
Powerade

Powerade stands as a significant sport climbing route located in Vadiello, Spain’s limestone cliffs. Noted for its demanding 8c (Sport) difficulty, it presents sustained overhanging sections and prominent tufa formations. The route is particularly appreciated by experienced climbers seeking challeng...

16 Maginot Line

The Maginot Line represents a challenging British sport climb situated within Malham Cove, UK. This 8c (5.14a) route is notable for its sustained technical difficulty and classic climbing style. It’s considered a significant testpiece attracting experienced climbers seeking demanding ascents in a re...

8.32 Great
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Rifle 5.14 benchmark with historical significance, powerful style, strong United States sport-climbing reputation.

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17 Honky Tonk Mix

Honky Tonk Mix is an 8c sport climbing route located in Rodellar, Spain. It’s notable for its challenging limestone terrain featuring prominent tufas that require significant upper body strength and sustained effort. The route is favored by experienced climbers seeking demanding technical ascents wi...

18 Open Air
Open Air

Open Air is a demanding sport climbing route located near the Schleitwasserfall in Austria. It gained international recognition as the first ascent of a confirmed 8c+ (5.15a) climb, achieved by Alexander Huber in 1996. The route’s technical difficulty and historical significance make it notable for...

19 Puro Dreaming

Puro Dreaming is a demanding sport climbing route situated in Spain’s limestone cliffs. It's notable for its exceptionally steep overhang and requires highly technical movement, specifically powerful arching techniques. The route presents a significant challenge for experienced sport climbers seekin...

20 Mingus
Mingus

Mingus is an 8c+ sport climbing route located within the Verdon Gorge in France. It’s notable for its demanding, sustained nature requiring significant technical skill and strength. The route offers considerable exposure adding to the challenge. Mingus is typically climbed by experienced sport climb...

8.12 Great
Why this score

Verdon multipitch sport classic with exposure and sustained climbing, well regarded in a world-class venue.

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21 L'Antagonista

L’Antagonista is an 8c sport climbing route situated in Terradets, Montsant, Spain. The limestone face presents a demanding overhang requiring exceptional strength and sustained endurance. It's notable for being one of the most challenging routes in the area, attracting experienced climbers seeking...

22 Na Nai
Na Nai

Na Nai is an 8c (V16) sport climbing route located in Baltzola, a section of the Margalef limestone cliffs in Spain. It’s recognized for its challenging nature and requires precise footwork and powerful movements within distinctive pockets. The route is suited to experienced sport climbers seeking d...

23 Nirwana
Nirwana

Nirwana is an Austrian limestone multipitch climb rated 8c. Located in Austria, it’s notable as a historic route recognized for its beautiful and demanding climbing line. The route presents significant technical challenges suitable for experienced climbers proficient in multi-pitch ascents and advan...

24 Bizi Euskaraz

Bizi Euskaraz is an 8c sport climbing route located in Etxauri, Spain. It’s notable for its sustained and challenging overhanging section on high-quality limestone. The route demands significant power and technique, primarily attracting experienced climbers seeking a demanding onsight climb within t...

25 La Vie Dure

La Vie Dure is an 8c sport climbing route located in Ceuse, France. It’s a notable climb due to its technical difficulty and classic status within French climbing. The route demands significant strength and experience from advanced climbers seeking a demanding multi-pitch challenge. It's primarily f...

8.00 Great
Why this score

Verdon hard multipitch with notable exposure and challenge, respected but less iconic than the area's best-known classics.

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26 Gaua
Gaua

Gaua is a significant sport climbing route situated in the Basque Country of Spain, distinguished by its steep, athletic climbing on the area's solid limestone crags.

27 La Planta de Shiva

La Planta de Shiva is a highly regarded 5.15a sport climbing route located in the limestone caves of Rodellar, Spain. It was notably first ascended by Spanish climber Ramón Julián Puigblanqué in 2011. The route is famous for its intense, sustained overhangs and demanding tufa features that require c...

28 Panem et Circenses

Panem et Circenses is a sport climbing route located in Arco, Italy, first climbed by Adam Ondra in 2008. The route is graded 8c+ and features sustained overhangs with intricate movements on limestone. It is considered a benchmark for elite climbers due to its technical demands.

29 Kidetasunaren Balio Erantsia

Kidetasunaren Balio Eratsia is a notable multi-pitch or sport climbing route in the Basque Country of Spain, recognized for its tough physicality on steep local rock.

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