Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | Crag | |
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Trad | |||||
5 | Blade Runner
1
5
30m
2
5
30m
No bolts. Trad climb. Set: Tom Chamberian & Phil Motley, 1996 | 60m, 2 | Railay | ||
5 | ★ Jungle Gym
1
4
25m
2
5
25m
No bolts. Trad climb. Set: Dean Saydom & Somjit Ningwari, 1994 | 50m, 2 | Railay | ||
6b UK:E6 | Bugger Your Neighbour
1
5c
2
6b
3
5c
4
6a
5
6a
Trad climb (E2, E5, E5, E4, E6), starting on the very right of 'Tiger Wall', into the obvious corner. See the 'Thailand and Laos Rock Climbing Guidebook' by Elke Schmitz (Basecamp Ton Sai) for a complete description. Set: Patrick Hammond & Dan Smith, 1999 | 140m, 5 | Ton Sai | ||
6a+ | Rachael's Potential Last Day
Variant trad start to 'Caroline's Last Day P1', joins at the third bolt. FA: Rachael Ellis, Jul 2015 | 22m | Ton Sai | ||
6c | Electric Crack
Leftmost line. No protection, use trad gear. Set: J. L. Jubert, E. D'Angelo & M. Ghibhaudo, 2002 | 25m | Railay | ||
6b+ | Electric Crack (Variation)
Veers right about halfway of 'Electric Crack'. 3 old slings in the upper section. Bring trad gear! Set: J. L. Jubert, E. D'Angelo & M. Ghibhaudo, 2002 | 35m, 3 | Railay | ||
6b | ★ Human Frality
1
6a+
20m
2
6a+
22m
3
6b
20m
4
6b
30m
Trad climb, which was used to open 'Humanality'. Set: Greg Collum & Trevor Massiah, 1995 | 92m, 4 | Ton Sai | ||
6b | ★ Doing the Trad
Shares the anchor with 'Captain Hook' and 'Right Hand of Buddha' to allow toprope access. Set: Jim Yoder & Mark Miner, 1996 | 15m | Ton Sai | ||
Top rope | |||||
6b | ★★ Ribbed For Her Pleasure
Left of 'Short and Easy'. No bolts. Climb on toprope. Set: Cyro Glad, 1993 | 13m | Railay | ||
6a | ★★ Vegan Snake
Vegan Snake can only be climbed on top rope after the route next to it is climbed and a top rope is set. NA: 1 Feb 2022 | Railay | |||
5 | Mind over Matter
Shares anchors with 'Killer' and 'Lee Rong Hai'. No bolts, anchors only on rusty expansion bolts. Do not climb! Set: Wee Changrua & Elke Schmitz, 2001 | 12m | Railay | ||
8a+ | Strider (Direct)
No bolts, toprope from 'Strider'. Set: Alex Catlin, 1996 | 28m | Railay | ||
6b | Toni's Mind
Right of 'Monkey Gone to Heaven', sharing anchors. No bolts, toprope. Set: Rob Cooke, 1996 | 12m | Railay | ||
6b | ★★ Top-Roped
Climbs uo right of 'Back to Mani', all the way to the top of the pillar, sharing anchor with 'Money Maker'. No bolts, climb toprope. | 22m | Railay | ||
Sport | |||||
7a+ | The Dark Side
Shares anchors with 'The Voice of Doom'. All titanium bolts. Set: Duncan, 1994 | 15m, 6 | Railay | ||
6a | ★★ Don't Worry, Be Happy
Starts with 'King Fisher', but goes straight up the shorter anchor. 6 old slings, 1 glue-in bolt. Replace slings if you want to climb this. Set: Will Hair, 1994 | 25m, 7 | Railay | ||
7a+ | ★ Swingtown
Alternative second pitch of 'Britishly White'. Shares the anchor with 'Wild Thing'. Old rusty expansion bolts. Do not climb until rebolted! Set: Mark Miner & Cameron Fairburn, 2000 | 12m, 7 | Ton Sai | ||
6b+ | ★★ The Smoking Room
Climbs the tufa system on the very right side of the wall. Hard crux for the grade. 5 titanium bolts, 5 slings. Set: Tom Cecil & Mark Miner, 1996 | 20m, 10 | Ton Sai | ||
5 | Moulin D'Brainant
Old slings. Do not climb! Set: Ben Grasser, 2002 | 22m, 7 | Ton Sai | ||
5 | ★ Beginner
Easy variation of 'Massage Secrets' P1 and P2. Shares the same start, then moves right to jugs and up to big ledge halfway up P2 with an additional intermediate anchor. Used for guiding. 5 titanium bolts, 2 slings. Set: Local Thai climbers, 2011 | 20m, 7 | Railay | ||
6a | Sans Toi
Old slings. Be prepared to replace. Set: J. L Jubert, E. D'Angelo & M. Ghibhaudo, 2002 | 20m, 4 | Railay | ||
5 | ★ Up
The easiest of the new routes, with the big hole just before the anchor. Titanium bolts. Set: Rock and Sun FA: Rock and Sun, Mar 2019 | 12m, 4 | Railay | ||
8c | Hot Springs
Broken hold, needs repairs and rebolting. Protected by expansion bolts. Set: Koran Pavel, 2002 | 30m, 10 | Ton Sai | ||
6a | Wrong Way
Old rusty expansion bolts. Do not climb until rebolted! | 4 | Ton Sai | ||
7c+ | ★★ Society of Gravitational Studies
All titanium bolts. Set: Sam Lightner, Gerd Schoeffl & Volker Schoeffl, 1993 | 12m, 4 | Ton Sai | ||
6c | ★★ Kratoy
The original line starts inside the cave, moving out right towards the big hole. Rebolted further to the right, climbing up straight on the right side of the cave. Titanium bolts and slings. Set: Alex Wenner, Somjit Nigwari & V. Rachsang, 1993 | 26m, 11 | Railay | ||
6b | Bad and Beware
Old rusty expansion bolts. Do not climb! Share anchor with Hard-Headed Woman. Set: Duncan, 1994 | 26m, 8 | Railay | ||
7a | ★★★ Peyote
1
6c+6c
25m
2
6c
20m
3
6c
22m
4
7a
20m
5
35m
Starts right below the main ledge, between the fixed rope and a tree. Rebolted with titanium. 2nd pitch share anchor with Road to Damascus. Set: Shamick Byszewski & Mathaeus, 1999 Set: Tom Zappe & Shamick Byszewski, 2000 | 120m, 5, 44 | Ton Sai | ||
6a | Bouts D'Nouilie
1
5
23m
2
6a
20m
Old slings. Do not climb! Set: Alex & Ben Grasser, 2002 | 43m, 2, 10 | Ton Sai | ||
7a | ★★★ Straight out of Tonsai
Must-do climb. Steep climbing on good holds. 5 titanium bolts, 1 sling. Set: Glenn Smith, Andrew Anderson & Simon Talltorp, 2014 FA: Andrew Anderson, 2014 | 10m, 6 | Ton Sai | ||
Hin Yong Lun
Old rusty expansion bolts and slings. Do not climb! Set: Wee Changrua, 2008 | 20m | Ton Sai | |||
8b+ | ★★ Dragon Ball
Very Dynamic climbing. Good fun! Shares anchors with 'Spanish Wreck' and 'Old Chicken Makes a Good Soup'. All titanium bolts. Set: Hee Youn Kang, 2000 | 15m, 6 | Ton Sai | ||
6c+ | Mei Mi Arom
Set: Wee Changrua & Sarut, 2006 | 30m, 8 | Railay | ||
6b | ★★ Fire Show (Variation)
Start variation, skipping the bold start by traversing to the right from 'Up in Smoke'. Set: Drew Spaulding, 2001 | 17m, 8 | Ton Sai | ||
7b | ★★★ Lord of the Thais
1
6a+
25m
2
7a
28m
3
7a+
28m
4
7b
27m
5
6b
12m
One of the best routes in Thailand, maybe the world? Take 15 quickdraws and two 60m ropes.
Descend by rapping down three times with two 60m ropes. Backclip to stay on the wall! FA: Sam Lightner, Greg Collum & Larissa Collum, 1992 | 120m, 5, 46 | Railay | ||
7a+ | ★ Trade Winds
5 titanium bolts, 1 sling. Set: Alex Wenner & Mark Maffei, 1993 | 11m, 6 | Ton Sai | ||
7a | ★★ Tom Yum
Big moves on big holds. Getting polished, but still worth climbing. Shares the first two clips with 'Silkcat', then up right. 3 titanium bolts, 1 sling. Set: Larissa Collum & Greg Collum, 1992 | 10m, 4 | Ton Sai | ||
6c | ★ The Voice of Doom
Climbs the tufas just right of 'The Dark Side'. Shares the same anchors. All titanium bolts. Set: Duncan, 1994 | 15m, 6 | Railay | ||
7a+ | ★★★ King Fisher
Climbs 'Don't Worry, Be Happy', but veers right before the last clip. Maybe the classic on the crag, but needs rebolting. Last rebolting 2008, but only stainless steel glue-ins, which cannot be trusted anymore. 8 bolts, 5 slings. Set: Will Hair, 1994 | 30m, 13 | Railay | ||
7a | Trophy Hunter
Second pitch of 'Britishly White'. Old rusty expansion bolts. Do not climb until rebolted! Set: Tom Cecil, 2000 | 12m, 5 | Ton Sai | ||
6b | ★★ Made in Spain
Up a sharp slab, following the seam to the top. 3 titanium bolts, 3 slings. Set: Laurent Sarthe & Rosa Alvarez, 1998 | 20m, 6 | Ton Sai | ||
4 | Fakir II the Return
Old slings. Do not climb! Set: Ben Grasser, 2002 | 22m, 12 | Ton Sai | ||
7b+ | ★★ Genesis
The leftmost route on this crag. Also the only one that continues past the lip of the roof and up the leaning headwall, all the way to the jungle. Not rebolted with titanium, 9 stainless steel glue-ins, 2 slings. Set: Bjoern Alber, Nantawan Alber & Henrik Bolander, 2010 | 20m, 11 | Railay | ||
5 | Sans Toi (Variation)
Starts a bit further right for an easier start, then joins 'Sans Toi'. Set: J. L Jubert, E. D'Angelo & M. Ghibhaudo, 2002 | 20m, 4 | Railay | ||
6a | ★★ Sun
Starting just left of Organ Grinder, trending left towards anchor on the bulge. 3 bolts and many slings. Set: Rock and Sun FA: Rock and Sun, Mar 2019 | 15m, 10 | Railay | ||
6c | ★ Little Shit
The lefthand 6c taking a rail/flake for the steepest bit. Reportedly not very good, but with this grade and location it was always going to get heaps of traffic. Shares anchors with 'Princess Eyes'. All titanium bolts. Set: Frank Dicker, 1990 | 8m, 5 | Railay | ||
6b | Bubble Boy
9 titanium bolts, 2 slings. Set: Bubble Boy, 2014 | 18m, 11 | Ton Sai | ||
5 | ★ Short and Easy
Good lead for beginners. polished but very doable. 3 titanium bolts, 1 sling. Set: Cyro Glad, 1993 | 13m, 4 | Railay | ||
8a+ | ★★★ Arts & Sport
Shares the start with 'Wake & Bake', then left onto the face. All titanium bolts. Set: Sam Lightner, Gerd Schoeffl & Volker Schoeffl, 1993 | 15m, 7 | Ton Sai | ||
6b+ | One Thousand Knives
Lefthand second pitch of 'Kratoy'. Old rusty expansion bolts. Do not climb unless rebolted! Set: Pep Masip, 1995 | 25m | Railay | ||
6a | A Walk in the Park
1 titanium bolt, 3 slings. Set: G. Tempest, B. Everett, K. Everett & S. Mason, 1993 | 15m, 4 | Railay | ||
7b+ | ★★ Road to Damascus
Be aware that lowering from the anchor requires an extra 20m to reach the ground! 11 titanium bolts, 1 sling. Share anchor with 2nd pitch of Peyote. Set: Shamick Byszewski, 1996 | 32m, 12 | Ton Sai | ||
6b | Domingo
Alternative second pitch of 'Bouts D'Nouilie'. Old slings. Do not climb! Set: Alex & Romano, 2003 | 18m, 6 | Ton Sai | ||
8a+ | ★★ Bros before Hoes
Amazing roof climbing. 7 titanium bolts, 1 sling. Set: Glenn Smith, Andrew Anderson & Simon Talltorp, 2014 FA: 2014 | 18m, 8 | Ton Sai | ||
6b | Copyright!
Old rusty expansion bolts and slings. Do not climb! Set: Wee Changrua, 2008 | 20m | Ton Sai | ||
6c+ | ★★ Roots Rock Reggae
1
6c
25m
2
6a+
18m
3
6c+
20m
When descending, traverse right from the anchor of P2 about 3m to the anchor of 'Catch a Fire' P2. From there it is a 30m rap to the ground. Titanium bolts and slings. Set: Tom Cecil, Josh Lyons, Mark Miner, Justin Day & Toby MacPhee, 2003 | 63m, 3, 21 | Ton Sai | ||
6a | ★★★ No Name
Set: Rit, 2006 | 30m, 10 | Railay | ||
★★ New Route
New double-pitch left of the new route from January 2019. Shares the first three bolts on P1, then splits to the left side of the stalactite system. Anchors of P2 are 2m left of the other new route's P2 anchors. Titanium bolts and slings. This route doesn't seem to be included in any of the guidebooks, yet. Bolted in 2019 or 2020. Please update if you have information about grade, name and bolts. Set: 2019 | 54m, 2 | Ton Sai | |||
6b | ★★ Mala Mujer
Good vertical climb on tufas and big holds. 9 titanium bolts, 3 slings. Set: Pep Masip, 1995 | 30m, 12 | Railay | ||
6b+ | ★ Sanuked
Starts at the top of 'The Sluggard Prince' and shares the anchor with P2 of 'The King and I'. Straight up for 3 clips, then crosses over P2 of 'The King and I'. Continues up right to under a small roof, then left and up to the belay cave. From the anchor it is a 60m rap to the ground. Very sustained climbing. 6 bolts, 8 slings. Set: Edward Darling & Ed, 2001 | 40m, 14 | Railay | ||
6b+ | ★★ On the Terrace
Starts on the very right edge of the upper terrace. Start is a little hard to read. 5 titanium bolts, 4 slings. Set: Mark Maffei & Alex Wenner, 1992 | 20m, 11 | Ton Sai | ||
6b+ | ★ Falling in Love
Old slings and expansion bolts. Do not climb! Set: Stefan Piskurek & Markus Wiesenfurth, 1998 | 13m, 5 | Railay | ||
8a | ★★★ Land of Smiles
1
7a
24m
2
8a
28m
Only first pitch rebolted with titanium (5 bolts, 3 slings). Second pitch has rusty expansion bolts. Set: Joe Picalli, 1992 | 52m, 2, 15 | Railay | ||
7a | ★★ Freedom Safari
7 titanium bolts, 3 slings. Set: Paul Turecki & Kirsten Kremer, 2000 | 28m, 10 | Ton Sai | ||
5c+ | ★ Dead Spanish Bolts
Climbs the obvious corner left of the belay ledge. All titanium bolts. Set: Shamick Byszewski, 1994 | 23m, 9 | Ton Sai | ||
5 | Bloody Route
Old slings. Do not climb! Set: Alex, 2002 | 22m, 10 | Ton Sai | ||
7b+ | ★★★ Half Dragon
Righthand variation than an extension of 'Up to You'. Veers right before the last bolt to a separate anchor a bit higher up. 30 degrees the whole way. All titanium bolts. The original line was called 'Hot Dragon' and continued up right for another 5m at 8b grade. The old bolts have been chopped and the new shorter and easier route was called 'Half Dragon'. Some guidebooks kept the original name though. Set: Todd Skinner & Mike Tupper, 1993 Set: Sarut & The RockShop, 2010 | 18m, 6 | Railay | ||
6a | Thai, Mon Amour
Old slings. Be prepared to replace. Set: J. L Jubert, E. D'Angelo & M. Ghibhaudo, 2002 | 35m, 7 | Railay | ||
6b | ★★★ Hiroshi's Revenge
Starts on Organ Grinder, then continues up, via tufa onto the wall. Mix of titanium bolts and slings. Set: Rock and Sun, Mar 2019 FA: Rock and Sun, Mar 2019 | 26m | Railay | ||
7a | ★★ Titanium from Hell
Just left behind the tufa hanging down to 2m off the sand. Juggy rail to some tricky moves around the bulge then stem up the left side of the hanging tufa system. All titanium bolts. Originally named 'Tales of Power' at grade 7c. Rebolted a little further right to an easier line. Some guidebooks kept the original name. Set: Volker Schoeffl, 1991 | 10m, 5 | Railay | ||
7c+ | Project
Old rusty expansion bolts. Do not climb until rebolted! | 20m | Ton Sai | ||
7a+ | ★★ Don't Grab the Krabi
Hard only on the crux, 3 moves. 5 titanium bolts, 1 sling. Set: Cyro Glad, 1993 | 13m, 6 | Railay | ||
7a+ | ★★★ Wake & Bake
Climbs the obvious corner crack. Shares anchors with 'By Way of Deception'. All titanium bolts. Set: Cyro Glad, 1992 | 16m, 7 | Ton Sai | ||
6b+ | ★★ Lucky
Variation of 'One Thousand Knives'. Shares the start, then further left to a separate anchor. Old rusty expansion bolts. Do not climb unless rebolted! Set: Pep Masip, 1995 | 15m | Railay | ||
7a | ★★★ The Narsilion
All titanium bolts. Set: Sam Lightner & Jacob Valdez, 1991 | 22m, 9 | Railay | ||
7b | Hot Tin Roof
All titanium bolts. Set: Sam Lightner & Elaine Catlin, 2000 | 15m, 7 | Ton Sai | ||
6b | Unknown | 27m | Railay | ||
8a | ★★★ Captain Crunch
It's crunch time! Climbs right out through the widest section of the Gibbon Roof. 8 titanium bolts, 3 slings. Set: Glenn Smith, Andrew Anderson & Simon Talltorp, 2014 FA: Glenn Smith, 2014 | 19m, 11 | Ton Sai | ||
6a | Copy Wrong!
Old rusty expansion bolts and slings. Do not climb! Set: Wee Changrua, 2008 | 20m | Ton Sai | ||
7c | ★★ Exodus
All titanium bolts. Set: Brian Sweeney & Justin Day, 2005 | 20m, 6 | Ton Sai | ||
7c+ | Eviction (Variation)
1
7c+
30m
2
7b
26m
Splits to the left about halfway up P1. All titanium bolts (P1: 9 bolts, P2: 7 bolts). Set: Tim Schmitt, 2011 | 56m, 2, 16 | Ton Sai | ||
7b+ | ★★★ The King and I
1
7a
30m
2
6a
36m
3
7b+
38m
4
6b
12m
A fun climb, especially the second pitch. Take 14 quickdraws and two 60m ropes.
Descend via the anchors of 'Lord of the Thais'. Three raps to the ground with two 60m ropes. Backclip to stay on the wall! Set: Sam Lightner, Jacob Valdez & Somporn Suebhait, 1992 | 120m, 4, 37 | Railay | ||
6b | ★ For You & For Me
Crawling through the corner on the very left side of the roof. Careful, anchors not equipped with rings. Do not lower through the slings! 1 titanium bolts, 6 slings. Set: Dean Saydom, 1994 | 8m, 7 | Ton Sai | ||
7b | ★ Alter Schwede!
Old slings and expansion bolts. Do not climb! Set: Thomas Arnold & Maik Urbzat, 1998 | 12m, 5 | Railay | ||
7a+ | ★★ Coral Soul
Alternative second pitch of 'Land of Smiles', but also rusty expansion bolts. Set: Joe Picalli, 1992 | 25m, 5 | Railay | ||
6c+ | ★★ Concrete Jungle
8 titanium bolts, 1 sling. Shares first two slings with “Mutual of Omaha” and then goes left at the small roof. Set: Tom Cecil & Mark Miner, 2000 | 25m, 9 | Ton Sai | ||
6a | ★★ Spiderman
The lefthand route on the small belay ledge, accessed by climbing up the fixed rope. 6 titanium bolts, 5 slings. With an 80m rope you can belay from below. You need 17 quickdraws. Set: Laurent Sarthe & Rosa Alvarez, 1998 | 32m, 17 | Ton Sai | ||
5 | Mafiosito Style
Old slings. Do not climb! Set: Alex, 2002 | 22m, 8 | Ton Sai | ||
7b | ★★ Tough Trip through Paradise
Climbs the short roof a few meters right of 'Genesis' to an anchor just above the lip. 4 titanium bolts, 1 sling. There seems to be the option of doing linkups via the rail 1-2m before the lip. Set: Mike Tupper, 1991 | 9m, 5 | Railay | ||
6a | Cabala
Old slings. Be prepared to replace. Set: J. L Jubert, E. D'Angelo & M. Ghibhaudo, 2002 | 35m, 7 | Railay | ||
6b+ | ★★ Getting to know youu
Awesone route!! the anchor is after the sling up to the left. All stainless steel glue-in bolts. Set: Sam Lightner & Jacob Valdez, 1993 | 30m, 12 | Railay | ||
7b | ★★ Up to You
The righmost route on the eye-catching pocketed section of rock, and possibly the best here. All titanium bolts. Share start with Half Dragon and Hot dragon. Set: Francois Burnier, 1991 | 15m, 4 | Railay | ||
7a+ | ★ Crazy Peninsula
Old rusty expansion bolts. Do not climb unless rebolted! Set: Wee Changrua, 1998 | 13m, 5 | Railay | ||
7a | ★ By Way of Deception
Starts right of the 'Wake & Bake' corner, shares the same anchor. Original start is hidden behind the shack. All titanium bolts. Set: Sam Lightner & Volker Schoeffl, 1993 | 16m, 6 | Ton Sai | ||
7c+ | La Riba
Second pitch of 'Kratoy', climbs straight up. Old rusty expansion bolts. Do not climb unless rebolted! Set: Pep Masip, 1995 | 20m | Railay | ||
7c | ★★★ Definitely Makes You Whinge
11 titanium bolts, 1 sling. Set: Ralf Tenbrink, 1992 | 30m, 12 | Railay | ||
7a | ★★ Musang
1
6a
20m
2
7a
25m
3
6b+
35m
4
7a
30m
5
6b+
10m
Musang means "civet cat" in Thai. Rappelling this route is difficult. Take 15 quickdraws. Rebolted with titanium. FA: Sam Lightner & Scott Morely, 1998 Set: Sam Lightner & Scott Morley, 2000 | 120m, 5, 48 | Ton Sai | ||
6b+ | ★ Mr No Name | 55m | Railay | ||
7a+ | ★★ Que Jump
Stick-clip the first bolt! 2 titanium bolts, 1 sling. Set: Glenn Smith, Andrew Anderson & Simon Talltorp, 2014 FA: Glenn Smith, 2014 | 8m, 3 | Ton Sai | ||
7a+ | ★★ Catch a Fire
1
7a+
20m
2
6b
25m
3
6c
25m
Classic first pitch! Second and third pitch overgrown. All titanium bolts. All titanium bolts. | 70m, 3, 24 | Ton Sai |