Switzerland · Susten
Plattenweg
Relaxed, low-angle granite slab climbing on small edges, 15 minutes from the Sustenpass road. It makes an ideal first alpine-granite multipitch.
5b+7 pitches200 m
Susten
Switzerland
These south-facing granite slabs sit just above the Steingletscher hotel on the Sustenpass road at about 1,950 m. You can be climbing 15 to 20 minutes after parking. The season is June to September, once the pass is open.
- Routes
- 2
- Grade span
- 4bto5b+
- Longest route: Plattenweg
- 200 m
Where and when
Location and climate
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South slabs above Steingletscher, Susten Pass · 2,008 m
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun (usual season) | Jul (usual season) | Aug (usual season) | Sep (usual season) | Oct (usual season) | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean daily high °C | −4 | −3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | −3 |
| Mean daily low °C | −10 | −10 | −7 | −4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | −0 | −6 | −9 |
| Rain days 1 mm or more | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Sunshine hours a day | 6.1 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 5.4 |
● marks the usual climbing season. Averages for 1991-2020 at about 2008 m. Area climate from Open-Meteo reanalysis (about 10 km grid): the wall and valley can differ. Data: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0.
2 routes
Routes in Susten
Switzerland · Susten
Jugendweg
Seven easy, unsustained pitches of edged slab on the left side of the Steingletscher slabs, never harder than 4b. The line is obvious and the glacier scenery is the main event. A good first multipitch, and easy to pair with a neighbouring route the same day.
4b7 pitches200 m
Local words
At the crag and in town
French
- corde
- rope
- dégaine
- quickdraw
- spit, goujon
- bolt
- plaquette
- bolt hanger
- relais
- belay, anchor
- Sec !
- Take!
- Du mou !
- Slack!
- Avale !
- Take in!
Italian
- corda
- rope
- rinvio
- quickdraw
- spit, fix
- bolt
- sosta
- belay, anchor
- tiro
- pitch
- Blocca!
- Take!
- Corda!
- Slack!
- Recupera!
- Take in!
German
- Seil
- rope
- Expresse, Exe
- quickdraw
- Bohrhaken
- bolt
- Stand
- belay, anchor
- Seillänge
- pitch
- Zu!
- Take!
- Seil!
- Slack!
- Seil ein!
- Take in!
Switzerland