Dreveník – Skaly na Slovensku III

There are 3 areas in Drevenik, Raj, Cervene, previsy Peklo. (Slowakei)

Travertine area Raj is one of the three climbing areas in Dreveník. The best approach is from the village of Hodkovce. There are 186 routes in 22 sectors. Some routes are not included in this guide, because they are not bolted or the lines are still not clear. The walls are from 8 to 25 m high. The most striking tower is Marta with 36 routes. In Raj routes are mostly graded from 4 to 7 UIAA. The hardest routes in Raj are SPOLOČNÉ ÁNO 8+ in sector Mesačné veže and DLHÉ LAKTE 8+ in Hodkovské veže.

Most of them are sport routes,but you can find in Raj some mixed and traditional routes too, where it it necessary to place your own protection. The most prolific creators of new routes where Milan Hutlák, Jozef Tindira, Peter Haľko and Peter Slivka. Completely rebolting of Dreveník did climbers under guidance of area ranger Peter Slivka in 2012 – 2019. Travertine area Červené previsy is one of the three climbing areas in Dreveník. Červené previsy is located above the village Žehra, but the best approach is from from the village of Hodkovce. There are 20 routes in Červené previsy up to 20 m high. The first line via significat crack in the left part of the wall names STARÁ ŠPÁRA 7-, was probably climbed in 1973 by Miloš Kubík. For next many years this area was abandoned and finally in 1987 Karol Nickler started to make hard lines in overhanging slabs. He is the author of the hardest route in Dreveník POĽUDŇAJŠÍ BLESK graded 10-, that was RP climbed for the first time in 1993 by Dušan Beránek.

Prolific creator of the new lines was Peter Haľko. He did 7 new routes. The couple Ivan Kos and Peter Slivka in 2018 completely rebolted this area. Travertine area Peklo is one of the three climbing areas in Dreveník. The best approach is from Spišský Castle or from the village of Hodkovce. There are 91 routes in 7 sectors from 15 to 28 m high. All routes in Peklo are sport in grades from 8 to 9. The hardest lines are NAVIAŽTE SA, PROSÍM 9, BONJOUR FRANCE 9, HAZARDNÁ HRA 9-, SVITANIE 9-, BALET HVIEZD 9-, PREŠOVSKÝ SMER 9-, INDIÁN 8+/9-, TEPŠA 8+ and SPOLOČNÁ LÁSKA 8+. After climbing, open project DRBOŠ, probably graded 10+, will be the hardest route in Dreveník. The most prolific and significant authors are Peter Haľko, Sveťo Poláček, Peter Slivka, Jožo Tindira, Ľubo Kuderjavý, Jano Lietava, Miroslav Štec or Alexander Palásthy.

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