Franken 2 – Frankenjura (4th Edition 2024)

Introduction

The Franken 2 – Frankenjura climbing guidebook is the 2024 edition volume 2 of the Frankenjura North series. Now with an additional 64 pages featuring 43 new crags and over 777 new routes! There’s also a helpful new feature: QR-codes for navigation to the parking spots.

Internationally renowned, the Frankenjura area has an enormous selection of quality climbing routes – ranging from hidden small crags in the woods to the more famous lines pioneered by well-known names such as Wolfgang Gllich and Alex Megos (to name a couple). The area is so rich with opportunity that new lines are being created almost constantly, with a wealth of over 35 years of experience climbing in the Frankenjura rest assured that the authors have extensively researched the new routes added to this volume.

Including big, clear, artful hand-drawn crag diagrams, loads more routes and detailed descriptions, it also provides plenty of general crag info. A must for Frankenjura experts and beginners alike.

Both volumes (“Franken 1” and “Franken 2”) contain more than 900 routes and more than 650 cliffs. The hand-drawn, reality-like, detailed topos (each one a small work of art) give a good idea of the line of the routes and scale of the crag.

The guidebooks are very clearly arranged and you can either use the index-search or a map system to navigate to the cliffs you are looking for.

• User-friendly surface with tips for cliffs
• Quick search for your favourite crag!
• GPS coordinates, exact access information and detailed access maps with distances
• 430 crags with more than 1100 single topos and more than 7500 routes
• 832 pages and a cover with flaps as perfect bookmarks
• GPS coordinates, exact access information and detailed access maps with distances – No more unwanted surprises on access and approach!
• New: QR-codes for navigation to the parking
• Clear crag-info-tables with route statistics
• Tips for the most worthwhile routes
• Restaurant-tips
• Language: German/English
• Published: Spring 2024