9 - 12 May 2025, Friday - Monday, 4 days
Crack climbing technique and clean climbing course | Palatinate and Northern Vosges
Learn new climbing techniques and how to belay with mobile belay devices with us. You will learn crack and clean climbing with us on the well-known sandstone towers in the Palatinate!
Palatinate

Learn crack and clean climbing in the Norvosges, also known as the Palatinate. Climbing on the red sandstone towers offers enormous variety, so in addition to cracks, chimneys, slabs and overhangs also await you. As the routes often only have a few fixed bolts, we will teach you how to safely place friends and wedges, so-called mobile belay devices.
Of course, you also need a new technique for this type of climbing, namely the crack climbing technique. We will teach you the correct crack climbing technique and expand your repertoire of movements with a very special form of movement. In this course you can "jam" crack routes in the toprope, learn what "left side in" means and what a "lock" is. We will show you how to tape your own crack gloves and which mobile belay devices are used when, how and where.
The Palatinate is an ideal place to gain experience in crack climbing and belaying with mobile belay devices, thereby raising your climbing level to a new level and expanding your skills for alpine routes.
Content and procedure
Procedure:
If possible, we will travel in carpools and get to know each other during the journey. The meeting point will be announced later.
In the morning we start with training and climbing, during different lessons you can acquire knowledge and skills. We start with crack climbing technique and work our way forward with the aim of being able to climb a route free and clean. We spend the remaining days in the surrounding areas around our accommodation. The journey times are short and there are red sandstone towers scattered throughout the forests, where we learn how to set belay points under the supervision and coaching of our mountain guide and of course do a lot of climbing.Contents:
Crack shapes and expressions
- Together we analyse the different types of cracks in the climbing areas around the Palatinate
- We teach you technical terms and you learn the language of crack climbing
Crack climbing technique
- You learn how to move correctly in crack climbing routes
- You can use and try out different techniques
- Jam
- Fingerlock
- Foot clamp
- Offwith
- etc.
- Test crack climbing gloves and learn how to glue them yourself
- etc.
Mobile belay devices
- You have the option of using various mobile safety devices
- Friends, Cams
- Wedges
- etc.
- We explain the differences and show you our recommendations
Placement of mobile safety devices
- We show you what to look out for when placing friends and wedges
- Climb your first clean route and secure everything with mobile belay devices
Venue & meeting point
- Area: Palatinate, Northern Vosges
- Meeting point: The meeting point will be in Switzerland, we will travel together to the Palatinate
- Conclusion: All participants have the opportunity to travel back together.
Overnight stay
We will spend the night in the cosy country inn. The accommodation offers double and triple rooms. We will be spoilt with regional dishes and start the day energised with a varied breakfast. The cliffs are just a few minutes' drive away.
Requirements
- You are proficient in belaying and lead climbing.
- The correct handling of the threading on the redirector is no problem for you.
- You have already gained experience in multi-pitch climbing.
- You have already gained some experience in abseiling.
- You climb in the climbing garden 5a in lead climbing
- You climb in the climbing garden 5c in toprope
Group size
- Takes place with up to 6 guests per mountain guide.
Price and services
- CHF 1190.-
- Including planning and realisation with a mountain guide and her travel expenses.
- Excluding travel costs, any train tickets, personal consumption.
- Including overnight stay in a cosy country inn
Material and equipment
- For this tour you need the following material from this PDF.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us, preferably directly at Larissa or via the Contact form.
Accommodation
Landgasthof am Teufelstisch in the Palatinate
We spend the night in a cosy, typical country inn in the middle of the Palatinate Forest. After a hearty breakfast, we can reach the first crags within walking distance or discover other areas within a few minutes by car. The inn has spacious double rooms with double beds. If you would like an extra bed, please let us know when you book. We can either have dinner at the inn or visit other restaurants
Impressions: Crack climbing technique and clean climbing course in the Palatinate
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