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Badami

Sport climbing in Karnataka, India. The rope and quickdraws to bring, and the send-temps forecast.

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What to bring

Bring a 60 m rope. It lowers off 93% of the 164 sport pitches listed here.

10 quickdraws cover 90% of pitches. The longest needs 15.

What each rope covers

  • 50 m70%
  • 60 m93%
  • 70 m100%
  • 80 m100%
Median
20 m
Most common
20 m
Longest pitch
30 m

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

Conditions

Rope & draws

Bring

60m

Covers 93% of pitches

Draws

10

Your 70 m covers every pitch

Median
20 m
Most common
20 m
Longest pitch
30 m

Draws: Covers 90% · longest needs 15

Your 70 m lowers off 100% of pitches here. That’s everything.
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Rope length

Route height (ground to anchor)

30m

Rope reaches

10 m of rope to spare.

Needed 60 mRope 70 m

Longest route or pitch

35 m

Comfortably ~30 m

  • •Knot the belayer’s end.
  • •Watch the middle mark.
  • •Topo heights are estimates.
  • •Traverses and roofs use extra rope.

Longest pitches at Badami

  1. Ghataprabha7b+/c30 m12 bolts
  2. Samsara7c+30 m12 bolts
  3. Kilian's project 18c+30 m10 bolts
  4. Badami Delux7a30 m8 bolts
  5. The Beginning of the End8b30 m–

Rope by wall

The shortest rope that lowers off 90% of a wall's pitches (80 m where none does), and the share it covers.

WallRopeLongest
Temple Area66 pitches60 mcovers 91%30 m
Ganesh Plateau42 pitches60 mcovers 100%25 m
Badami Deluxe Area28 pitches70 mcovers 100%30 m
Pilgrimage Area14 pitches50 mcovers 100%14 m

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

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