A Climber’s Guide To The Umgeni River Valley

Sportclimbing & Bouldering in the Umgeni River Valley, Southafrica

Umgeni Valley is a relatively new climbing venue situated in the sleepy town of Howick, 20mins North along the highway from Pietermaritzburg. Predominately a single-pitch Sports climbing venue with a few high quality trad lines found amongst the bolts (including the world famous ‘Crack Addiction’ and the X-rated ‘Hard Man’) The crag faces South-East looking over the valley to its sister crag at Hilton and down towards Albert Falls Dam.

A great place for hot summer’s days as the majority of routes are out of the sun and shaded by the tall mist-belt forest surrounds. Grades are on the higher side with the majority of bolted lines being in the low to high twenties although there are a handful of teen grades.

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