To most people the terms '7b' and '8c' sound like classes at school, but for climbers this combination of numbers and letters is used to indicate the difficulty of a route. The beauty of the following five climbing routes is, however, better expressed in words and pictures.
Our team of judges has selected five Great Lines in Tirol, representing the huge diversity of rock climbing the region has to offer. The criteria used to choose the best of the best were nature, route and rock quality as well as the mental and physical challenge posed by the climb.
