Gehrenen ***

The commanding yellow/gray striped limestone crag of Gehrenen offers some mighty fine climbing with impressive views. Despite these plus points, the area remains pretty quiet. Amazing really, because Hannes Grossen’s efforts have created here again quite a few nice routes. Unfortunately, the wall does stay pretty damp through the spring and the routes tend to get dirty between the seasons. A brush can help. Autumn has best sending temps. Gehrenen deserves a visit, for where else in Switzerland can you find double tufas…such as found on the route “Edelweiss” (7c+).