Climbing in India

Where to climb

Ten areas are well developed: they have many climbs, a guidebook or topo, places to stay and local climbers to ask. Start with one of these. The other 56 areas on the map are smaller, and most have no services for a visitor. Every area has its own page.

Developed area, with a travel pageSmaller areaNew DelhiRings: distance in a straight line

The ten developed areas

Each one has a page with the road there, places to stay, people to ask and the weather. In order from north to south.

North India

DhaujSethanSpiti valleyRakchhamSuru valley

Smaller areas

Few climbs or little written down, and often no guide, pad rental or place to stay. Go with someone who knows the place.

Delhi NCR

Himachal Pradesh

Uttarakhand

Ladakh

West India

NashikIdarMount AbuBelapurSinhagad

Smaller areas

Few climbs or little written down, and often no guide, pad rental or place to stay. Go with someone who knows the place.

Maharashtra

Goa

Gujarat

Rajasthan

  • Mount Abu230 kmAhmedabadBouldering, TradNo guide online yet

South India

HyderabadHampiBadamiBengaluru crags

Smaller areas

Few climbs or little written down, and often no guide, pad rental or place to stay. Go with someone who knows the place.

Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

Andhra Pradesh

East India

YumesamdongGuwahati rock fields

Smaller areas

Few climbs or little written down, and often no guide, pad rental or place to stay. Go with someone who knows the place.

West Bengal

Sikkim

Assam

Central India

PachmarhiDeshdekha

Smaller areas

Few climbs or little written down, and often no guide, pad rental or place to stay. Go with someone who knows the place.

Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh