Part of Ostrov - 4 - západní část, Papež has 12 routes documented on climbing.place. Routes range from grade 3 to 6. Routes are listed below with grade, style, and community notes.
Common styles: Rock Climbing.
Rules
Nature Conservation: Climbing allowed all year round. Nature Conservation Document: Decision 2020, maps authority OP CHKO Kokořínsko1b
OVK: Use magnesium according to sandstone rules, first ascents only with the consent of the administrator.The ČHS rules for climbing in Bohemian sandstone areas apply.
- Chalk is banned.
- No metal protection (cams, nuts, pitons) – only slings, knots and textile "UFOs" between the rings.
- Climb on dry rock only – wet sandstone softens and breaks.
- Do not alter the rock surface.
- Abseil from the summit rings.
Parts of the area lie in Bohemian Switzerland National Park and the Elbe Sandstones Protected Landscape Area, where seasonal closures for nesting birds apply. Check the ČHS crag database before you go.
5
Cesta v plavkách
Left of the East edge, up the middle of the wall to the ring. Into the hole, higher up… Rock Climbing
5+
Cesta věřících
Up the S edge to the 'clock', right and up the crack to the ring. Up the wall to the top. Rock Climbing
5+
Hare krišna
From the block in the S wall onto the SW edge and along it, via the ring, to the top. Rock Climbing
6
Lucinka
In the SW wall, via holes, slightly right to the ring. Diagonally right and then c. - var… Rock Climbing
5+
Duchovní varianta
From K (Cesta Věřících), left around the edge, traverse into the S wall, and up it.
3
Údolní komín
Through the chimney from the lower side (possible also a traverse from the upper side)… Rock Climbing