Sector Moria | Climbing | Swiss Alpine Club SAC

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Sector Moria Herr der Ringe 1150 m

Altitude start

1200 m
Height Wall

16 m
Exposition / Rock Type

N / Gneiss
Difficulty

5b-NR

15Routes

3a-4c0
5a-5c3
6a-6c4
7a-7c7
8a-9b0

Only at some sectors does the afternoon sun put in an appearance. The layered structure of the gneiss gives rise to all types of holds. Many of routes require elf like grace and refined body control. Some can be climbed even in light rain.

Topo Moria (1-7) and Loriel (8-15) © Eric Pointner

Routes

1 Dain 7c 1 P
2 Bifur 7b 1 P
3 Oris 6b 1 P
4 Durin 7a+ 1 P
5 Balin 6a+ 1 P
6 Gloin 5c+ 1 P
7 Gimli 5b 1 P
8 Galadriel 7b+ 1 P
9 Legolas 7c 1 P
10 Glorfindel 7a 1 P
11 Celeborn NR 1 P
12 Arwen 7b+ 1 P
13 Elrond 6c 1 P
14 Haldir 6a+ 1 P
15 Nimrodel 5b 1 P

Additional information

Protection: Very well equipped
Rope: 50m
Quick draws: 10
Stoppers: -
Friends: -
Trad Protection: + sparse placements, placing gear is difficult ++ good placements, placing in most cases possible +++ very good placements, placing gear is easy: -
Abseiling possible: ✔
Foot Descent: -
Rain sheltered: -
Child friendly terrain: ✔
Child friendly routes: -

Rock type: The rock here is naturally layered and therefore flaky. However, due to the efforts of the developers, as well as traffic over time, the routes are now quite solid.