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Yangshuo

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

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What to bring

Bring an 80 m rope. It lowers off 96% of the 979 sport pitches listed here. A 70 m does 88%.

16 quickdraws cover 90% of pitches. The longest needs 27.

What each rope covers

  • 50 m44%
  • 60 m72%
  • 70 m88%
  • 80 m96%
Median
23 m
Most common
25 m
Longest pitch
60 m

Varies a lot by crag: White Mountain and Moon Hill want an 80 m, while Wine Bottle or Bamboo Cave are fine on 60 m or less. A 70 m does most routes.

Source: chinadiscovery.com

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

Conditions

Rope & draws

Bring

80m

70 m works for most routes

Draws

16

Your 70 m covers 88% of pitches

Median
23 m
Most common
25 m
Longest pitch
60 m

Draws: Covers 90% · longest needs 27

Varies a lot by crag: White Mountain and Moon Hill want an 80 m, while Wine Bottle or Bamboo Cave are fine on 60 m or less. A 70 m does most routes.

Your 70 m lowers off 88% of pitches here (up to ~30 m). Check the topo for longer ones and knot the end.
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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 Yangshuo

  1. 大灰狼 Big Bad Wolf60 m–
  2. 马提尼 Shaken Not Stirred5.13a53 m20 bolts
  3. Pegasus5.13a50 m–
  4. Petes Paparrazi Pizza1950 m–
  5. 法国流氓 French Gangster5.14b47 m25 bolts

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
White Mountain Crags154 pitches80 mcovers 93%53 m
JinBao Confluence121 pitches70 mcovers 90%45 m
Space Buttress Crags117 pitches70 mcovers 96%40 m
Corridor Entrance114 pitches80 mcovers 96%60 m
GaoTian100 pitches80 mcovers 92%50 m
SiLong Crags99 pitches80 mcovers 99%40 m
YuLong River91 pitches70 mcovers 91%37 m
FuLi62 pitches70 mcovers 94%45 m
TianJia River49 pitches60 mcovers 92%35 m
PuTao45 pitches80 mcovers 96%40 m
XingPing14 pitches70 mcovers 100%30 m
BaiSha13 pitches70 mcovers 100%28 m

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

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