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Rocklands

South Africa · -32.28, 19.05

Orange sandstone boulders in the Cederberg mountains, three hours north of Cape Town. Southern-hemisphere winter bouldering on rough, featured rock with a Font-style grading culture and a strong local scene.

  1. 2 Crags
  2. 8 routes
  3. 2 Grade bands
  1. Traverse House V9+ 7C+ – 8A sandstone 4 routes

    Traverse House is the hard climber's destination in Rocklands: a steep, overhanging wall with a small number of world-class 8A and above problems, famous for powerful compression climbing...

    Best season July and August, on cold dry days with wind. Give the wall a day after rain. · Approach 14 min ·

  2. De Kelders V3–V5 6B+ – 7A+ sandstone 4 routes

    De Kelders is a broad, sunny cluster of orange sandstone boulders with an excellent spread of mid-grade problems and the kind of friction that only Cederberg sandstone gives you. It is a ...

    Best season May to September. July and August give the best friction and the coldest conditions. · Approach 9 min ·