Routes

A vertical route through vines and roofs that ends with an exposed traverse.

A desperate climb through the vines above Knife Flake.

The hardest mixed route on Kami. Pure suffering.

Sustained, delicate climbing as you work your way up through two patches of interesting looking vines.

Wind beneath the roofs on the east side of The Standing Stones’ arch.

Escape through the vines east of Gorilla Cave.

The hardest boulder problem on Kami.

A hidden vertical line beside Honey Cave, following a narrow rock seam with technical moves and a direct finish to the upper ledge.

A classic chalk route that leads up through the vines to the right of The Split Rock’s bivouac.

This exhilarating route begins with a smooth curved slab as if someone had taken an ice cream scooper to the wall.

Traverse The Knife Flake that hangs over the Standing Stone's arch; a perfect dance of hand moves along its sharp end leads to a risky slab.

This slab boulder problem is perfect for learning how to stem like the pros.

Climb this short but powerful roof located just left of a lonely Gentian plant between the two caves of The Terraces.

Go up to the roof of the Secret and traverse the system of stalactites and back down on the other side.

Climb through a myriad of different technical movement while the difficulty remains moderate. Don't miss this route if you're in the area.

An impossibly barren slab on the west side of Kami.

This classic ascends the right side of The Peril to reach the cave.

Climb out beneath The Ancient roof via the most central flake.

A nice, quick route slithering through the indent of Tenzen's waterfall.

Ascend the rainy slab north of The Mirror.

A difficult boulder problem located between the two caves of The Terraces.

This iconic route climbs the exposed right edge of The Vault. It is noted as the "purple" line in the Troglodyte Map.

This route traverses several roofs to reach Silence.

Fun interior boulder in The Village. Some upside down action. I gave it a 4a just because of the upside down jankness.

This route climbs the barren interior of Village’s massive cave.

Climb up the eastern face of the black pit inside The Secret’s cave.

Climb this beautiful beginner-friendly arete to attain serenity.

This slab route requires delicate and precise movement to remain attached.

A variation of Vivisection that traverses the crux roof, and near the top, makes a long cut right across the entire width of the wall.

The most difficult big wall route on Kami, Atrox is a cruel ocean of blank granite for hundreds of meters.

This route begins on the arete near the second doll part. It climbs up to the ledge with the broken climbot.

Climb this miserable roof to easier vertical terrain.

This route starts under the wedged boulder and ends on the upper half of the right pillar.

This horrific route climbs through several roofs leading out of the black pit inside The Secret's cave.

Climbs up the short wall within the doorway located on the upper right tower of The Secret area.

This adventurous climb wraps around the right side of The Secret. It has varied movement and expects you to have mastered many different techniques.

This fun challenge route begins in front of the Handwritten Letter, goes directly up, and then goes around left at the roof.

This route follows a long narrow vertical crack followed by a series of high steps.

This route climbs from the ledge beneath the kite to the top of the right tower.

This marathon route begins from the top of The Great Roof and ends beneath the bridge with the kite.

This route climbs up the main waterfall leading into the pit inside The Secret's cave.

This route begins to the right of the bivouac, traverses toward right onto the main face and ascends the cracks to the right of the vines.

This route is an extension of What A Thrill. It continues past its ending traversing blank faces for hundreds of feet. Bring axes.

This route traverses the roof of the Dome to cross the chasm.

This route climbs the empty faces west of The Ancient.

This icy route follows the thin waterfall at the southern end of The Secret's dark pit. Climb out into the light.

This route is an illusion. What appears to be a simple climb out of the cave, is actually a featureless nightmare. As if someone won't let you leave.

This winding route ascends the rock formation on the upper east side of The Immaculate.

This route navigates a large roof in the bottom right area of The Peril wall, right from The Ancient.

This route covers almost the entire outwards facing wall off The Needle

A scenic route climbing the pillar next to the mad honey cave

This route navigates the ocean of granite east of The Needle.

This route climbs around the stalactites west of the cave and leads up blank face of granite.

This route climbs up through several roofs just west of the Origami cave.

This is route ascends a boulder with a large bulge in the center of the line that forces you to negotiate it.

To the far left of the upper Tenzen bivouac waits a fun triple-arete system connected by dihedrals.

This marathon route starts at the bottom of the split rock and finishes at the top of the waterfall.

An impossibly barren slab on the west side of Kami.

Traverse from ice sheet on the west side of Kami across a hanging flake to reach the south face.

This route starts next to the wishing tree in The Ancient area and spirals to the top of the giant cavern.

A thin rail on the wall left of the Honey Cave. Leap out and climb as fast as you can!

This route requires the climber to be very silent to avoid detection. Climb up the far eastern walls of upper Tenzen to reach the top.

The easternmost route to the summit of Mount Kami

Consisting of three well defined cruxes, velvet line starts to the right of "Chains" then steers back to the left.

A decently long climb to the top of the pillar.

Deceivingly steep, deceivingly hard.

From Ix: I love this route- this is an extremely fun and difficult challenge with multiple boulder problems.

A harder mixed route on the far left of the upper level of Tenzen.

A great beginner route to practice a wide variety of skills.

What would Shackles be without Chains?

A true boulder problem, it will take plenty of practice to hone the moves in!

Perhaps the hardest vertical climb in the demo area (Tenzen).

Extremely impressive big-wall-esque pitch.

You thought this part was impossible to climb? Think again!

A Work of Art. Buffless is possible, but not without struggle.

When you're feeling a less straight-forward approach to the honey, this is a good one.

Get that Honey! Great first overhanging climb.

The longest continuous climbing route from the demo area (Tenzen).

A variation on Butterfly, this route goes left and uses the arete to top out.

This route follows the right side wall next to the waterfall.

A fun intro to arete climbing near the waterfall in Tenzen.

A short, but difficult dihedral on the overhanging wall near Needle's Edge.

One of the first floor's most challenging routes.

When you want a more challenging way up The Mini Cellar.

Next to Mini Cave

First inverted / overhanging for beginners

A fun intro to community routes in Cairn!

Traverse left beneath Davy Jones' Locker to reach a long arete that reaches up and out of the deepest part of The Dome's slab.

Rock-climbing route to the left of the Sea of Seracs

This roof route is located inside Limbo.

Likely the most famous way to exit the gym. This route climbs up the far left end of the gym's rock wall.

This route climbs the featureless wall that rises out of the pit within The Secret's massive cave.

An adventurous route hidden within the waterfall.

Similar to Es Pontas, however, it features a rightward traverse before the top-out.

According to Delta, this may be the hardest route in the Cairn Demo.

Lime’s buffless ascent video linked here is extremely impressive.

Another route of legend, Es Pontas traverses beneath Mt Tenzen's bridge.

This classic ascends the slab on east of Mt Tenzen.

This route climbs up the thin book to reach the eggs on the small plateau.

This route climbs up through the vines on the large and lonely boulder in The Escarpment.

One of the hardest big-wall climbs in the game, Longlegs climbs the ocean of granite to the right of No Mercy.

The hardest boulder problem in the game. Ceiling Fan climbs completely upside down from one end of the crypt to the other.

A straight line directly up the needle starting to the right of the carvings at the bottom of it. Stay as vertical as possible, and try to avoid diagonal movements on the way up. A near straight line is possible for most of the route.

This route climbs only the west side of The Needle to reach the top.

A long climb originally designed for competition, The Corkscrew is a very difficult buffless challenge.

This four pitch route climbs from the dihedral right of the first bivouac all the way to the top. It also completely avoids the cutscene with Marko

A fun, challenging boulder! From The Palace of the Wind savepoint in the tomb, start on the pillar under two prominent cracks. Climb up this pillar, transition onto the ceiling crack formation, and traverse to the adjacent pillar. Downclimb back to the ground, and pray you don't get cursed.

This route stays in the channel to the right of the Palace of Winds entrance until it reaches the colored banner high on the upper wall.

This route finds the shortest line up from the bottom door of The Palace of Winds to the upper window by climbing up the right side.

A hidden overhanging route at the bottom of The Ancient.

This adventurous route ascends the arete to the right of The Ancient statue and exits overhead.

This route climbs the tall waterfall within The Ancient.

follow the zig-zagging line above the Bear Cave. This climb sadly ends with an out of bounds reset if you do not have the OOB Nexus mod. It’s still good fun though, even if it ends lie a cartoon might.

If you must get away from Marko, consider leaping over this gap onto the wall. It won’t help

this route ascends the arching flake west of the small rock bridge.

This route climbs the low-exposure boulder sand lab directly above The Terraces eastern bivouac.

This route climbs up the right side of the mural and follows the crack hidden within the bushes across the ceiling.

Down climb or rappel down to the base. Crux is towards the end by the right side near the top boulder (that red part at the end) but it’s not too bad. Must pick up Pika at the end!

Information coming soon.

Reach the hive within the cave beneath The Standing Stone’s arch.

This route crosses diagonally left to get up and over the roof near the bee hive.

This hidden classic by Daarmo begins at the top of the arch and moves upward and across several roofs. There are also many other challenging ways to end this route.

Follow the traverse through the waterfall and collect the wild garlic. Then climb up through a small overhang and up the crack. Next traverse left through the cracks behind the vines and mantle at the end

This route traverses left across the lower waterfall area.

Climb up into the left side of the cave, follow it out and cliimb up toward the top of the left side of the cave.

This three-pitch green-colored route requires you to leap onto the wall, climb up to the ledge, round the backside, traverse, and then climb above the cave. At the top you’ll reach The Shortcut Bivouac

Obvious dihedral right of the cave that leads to the memorial.

Starting just beyond the vending machine, underneath the tree, begin climbing the arête's until summit. Dead fun route

Walk left from the bivouac site below the broken vending machine. The route runs along the right of The Blindest Eye, down below Second Sight. The start and end points are approximately the same as Big Cheese.

This hidden gem lies behind the vines on the lower west side of The Escarpment.

A great second pitch to The Blindest Eye. Begins up a short slab on the western side of The Escarpment (left of the vending machine). Staying left, continue up the obvious aretes toward the top.

A fine arete route. Great for mastering the technique.

Nothing complicated, follow the outcropped ridge, when you get near the top out, follow the overhanding cliff and climb up the left side.

A short and sweet bouldering route, moving through a bush-covered arete. Despite seeming so, the ledge at the beginning doesn't appear to have a rest.

A decently short, not too difficult route that features a few hold-less or invisible hold sections.

Nothing too hard on this route, as there are many rests along the way. It does, however, have an interesting line to a mini bushfighter-like top out.

An interesting little climb on the side of the mountain right after the opening titles. There are a few low tier cruxes and problems to solve, as well as many hidden holds--with bushes to obscure them. Leads directly to the start of "The Hook" above the bivouac in the Escarpment.

Climb directly above the bivouac in the Escarpment.

On the upper tier of The Escarpment, on the east side of the first slot canyon is an arete covered in vines. Climb up it.

This route climbs up the vine-covered arete, to the right of the slot canyon.

This route climbs up through the vines on the right of The Escarpment's bivouac.

A fairly simple climb that begins with a quick scramble up to the first ledge, on which rests a lightly colored bush. From there it proceeds diagonally, meeting with Creeping Death, to the final corner which is the top out.

Pelican traverses out left at the bottom of the waterfall area before climbing across delicate slab and finishing out on a long arete.

A deadly traverse left awaits at the top of the vines.

From the bivouac beside the abandoned tents, climb up to the Trout Cave using the dihedral with water running down it.

This route climbs up verical cracks on the east side of the arch.

Begins above Gabriel’s corpse and stays as true to his line as possible. Finishes at the highest standable point

Recommended route for speed climbers. Named to bring luck. For clarity, although the image shows multiple tiers, this route begins on the tier beneath the top. The start is located on the West face, furthest climbable route to the right.

Climb up the waterfall using the right dihedral.

Climb the waterfall directly above Trout Cave's entrance.

Ascend the dry waterfall to reach the goat area.

Begin at on the interior of the right rock and climb straight up and out through the leaves.

Begin on the left rock’s interior. Go straight up and out through the leaves.

This route serves as an excellent second pitch to “Edge Rider.”

Climbs the furthest left corner of the falls. For a trickier ascent, don’t use any flat rocks.

Climbs the furthest right arete leading up to The Village.

On the western end of The Village cave, a winding arete leads to slippery, desperate holds before reaching an exposed traverses across barren faces.

Begins immediately left of “Snake Eater.” Follow up the series of aretes. Once you hit the roof, head left and follow up the final crack system

Ascend the furthest right arete above the waterfall.

A great first big wall for those transitioning into harder climbs. This route ascends the massive granite wall east of Village.

This three-pitch route follows both in-game black-colored lines beginning at “The Boulder Problem,” near the cave bivouac and ending on the far east side

Starting from the right arm of “The Child” climb the massive flake up toward the Doll Parts.

Down the hole near the Bivy. This grants access to loot the hanging bodies beneath the bridge

Descend to the bottom of the hanging bodies and climb back up through them, looting as you go.

Rappel down by the bridge and start right above the black circle of doom

This is the most direct line to the top of the blades that avoids ice.

This route crosses beneath the frozen overhang above Damas's Cave. Fo from right to left.

This route crosses beneath the frozen overhang above Damas's Cave. Fo from left to right.

This creative route begins at the entrance to Damas's Cave and traverses clockwise around the walls without touching the floor.

Located a bit down from kami save point near Mjolnir. A long diagonal with no hold on last 30% of the route. Pure ice as ever

This black slab route begins west of Stardust and features an exposed chimney before the summit.

Climb the thin ice flake on the east side of The Immaculate.

Ascend the sheet of ice above Hades.

This beautiful route follows the most obvious flake system up The Black Wall.

The route follows the thin ice line on the southwestern rock formation.

This route is located at the far east end of The Sea of Seracs, beginning beneath ice bridge and climbing up through blank ice slopes.

This route climbs the left end of the massive ice sheet to the west of The Sea of Seracs.

This route climbs the center right of the massive ice sheet to the west of The Sea of Seracs.

This route climbs the thin ice section in the center of the monolithic black rock far to the west.

Loki shares the first half with The White Spider, but takes a more interesting traverse left moving through an icy overhang.

A short rock and ice climbing route. Not too difficult with chalk. Try to avoid the ledges in the wall so you don’t accidentally stand up.

This route goes beneath the stalactites on the western end of The Peril and climbs up the leftern aretes to reach The Dome.

The Chocolate Chimney is located at the far left wall near some steps. Climb up through it and finish out on the right wall.

Climbs the obvious chimney/dyke beneath the bare cave

This route traverses beneath the center of the balcony on the south side of The Dome and goes straight over the middle.

This route traverses around to the back side of the dome and goes straight up the center to the top.

The route starts on a small terrace and goes up through a long, straight chute to another, even smaller terrace. The second half of the route is a bit harder and ultimately leads to a backpack with unique loot that is definitely worth the climb.

This route begins on The Child’s right leg but at the thigh it traverses left into the dihedral behind. Slab climb up the dihedral and exit behind The Child’s right arm.

This route begins on The Child’s left leg but at the thigh it traverses right into the dihedral behind. Slab climb up the dihedral and exit behind The Child’s left arm.

This short but sweet slab route begins on the large boulder to the far right of The Child. It's a great place to learn many techniques, so do a quick lap.

Straightforward route for the most part. Avoid the platform at all costs as it’ll interrupt the route. Consequently, the transition from the first half to the second half is the trickiest section. I used chalk but it’s really not needed (I just like chalking dem hands

Starting to the right of Frostbite, climb to the summit of Kami avoiding as much ice as you can.

A nice line of blue ice. Mainly no holds pure strike and stamina management. The ice spikes balcony is the crux. Sweet ice, sweet climb.

Kenji's masterpiece: Frostbite. It ascends through Kami's top-most southeastern face. It is the longest ice route near the summit, decorated with pure blank blue ice. and only a touch of dry land. "Aim for the edges of the ice volumes. Crampons zip almost all the way. Trust your ice tools. Take rest frequently. Go slow. Go precise. And prepare for a long road into a frozen hell ❄️🙏"

This classic ice route begins within the ice cave at the Immaculate and climbs the direct, overhanging balcony of ice.

Within the cave is another long ice line with a thin part in the middle (no rock allowed). Start on flat ice wall.

On the far eastern side of Kami there’s a bridge of ice leading into a cave. Inside, a trail of ice and snow leads up and out. Follow the snow and ice only.

Serving as an excellent second pitch of Tombstone, HADES ascends the ice monolith in the west, high above The Sea of Seracs.

This route climbs the furthest right arete to the top of the giant black stone.

The ice counterpart of Widowmaker.

This route ascends the center of the giant ball of ice spikes.

This overhand ice climb is on the western side of The Blades, a route that ascends the underside of an ice bridge.

This short slab route by the lake starts between the two small boulders and climbs to the top.

Ascend the inner center of the arch's south side and then traverse out on the exposed eastern wall until you reach the top of the arch.

This route ascends the southwest corner beneath the tram.

Short boulder problem in the cave on top of The Child's head.

Ascend or descend the exposed stalactite hanging from The Ancient’s roof.

This route climbs up into the bushes near the dihedral and then traverses up and right on clearer holds.

This route climbs the back wall beneath the Shepherds house, just beside the tomatoes. Go straight up and out

Walk The Plank to reach the thin ramp on the exposed face of The Dome.

Climb the first slab route on Kami: the east face of The Dome.

This route begins on the slab at the bottom of the far west end of The Two-Hundred steps. Traverse the slab far left toward a small ledge about ten feet below the overhanging flake. This flake is Hell with a view of Heaven

A rather difficult hidden gem climbs up an arete and through a chimney on the large boulder northeast of Mirror Lake. This was the first documented route at The Mirror.

This slab route is located behind a tall dead tree beneath the cave. It is the hardest climb on this middle tier of The Mirror.

This route traverses beneath the chute of TelTel Tower and climbs up to the top of it whilst staying close to the inner wall.

This route climbs directly above the door and leads up and over the center of The Great Roof.

The hardest route on Kami.

This classic escapes The Ancient through the roof near the upper western doorway.

A desperate traverse left across a barren face in the middle of the Tarantula route leads to a far western cave.

This route climbs up the barren face above The Terraces western bicouac.

The longest pure slab route in the game, reaching from the bottom of The Child to the top of the large rock formations at The Mirror.

This route begins up a long arete on the second floor of The Vault and then traverse left until leading up and out.

This route climbs up the entire left arete of The Vault, paassing through several cruxy books.

This Route crosses paths with the western bee hive in The Standing Stones. Traverse the entire roof and head up toward the bivouac.

Climb the eastern exposed edge of the cave, traversing from left to right through the cracks before climbing up to the tram.

Climbs up the nose of Split Rock, through the roof, onto the face, and up to the Sharkfin.

Traverse from the Vampire Slab through a roof and up the main face of The Split Rock

This route climbs the right corner at the start of Kami's ascent.

This route traverses as far left as possible at the start of Kami's ascent.

This route climbs solely the arete on the north side of the large and lonely boulder.

This route climbs the arete on the east side of the large and lonely boulder.

This route climbs solely the arete on the western side of the large boulder at The Escarpment.

Ferox reaches from the depths of The Secret's canyon to the top of The Secret's left tower.

This route climbs straight out of the deepest point of the massive cave in The Sea of Seracs.

This route climbs from the Village cave out toward the tooth-like pillars, and then goes up and out.

This route climbs up the far-left end of the Ancient and then traverse back through the roof and back out toward the exposed edge.

The longest route on Kami. It begins at the bottom of the Ancient and ends at the top of The Dome.

This route crosses diagonally across the entire Palace of Winds and The Peril walls.

This prestigious route is marked by the white line on The Vault's map. It climbs up the upper back wall of the vault, and traverses back outside.

This route follows the right outer edge of the tall chimney on the other side of the arch from the child. The goal is to follow that edge line all the way to the top. Lots of switching between long vertical rails.

This route begins about seventy-five feet above “End of The World” at a dying brown bush. You’ll know you’re getting close to the start when you pass the free-hanging piton just below. Once on the bushy platform, traverse the stalactites until you reach the pinnacle of the Dome’s foundation

This route climbs the gem face left of the Crystal Cave entrance.

Middling is the most difficult route within the crystal cave. It climbs straight up the middle.

A somewhat intriguing and mildly challenging buffed route in the Crystal Cave.

This route climbs the long vertical arete curving upward into the overhanging rocks, and then climbs up and over until you reach the top.

Ascend the exposed crack system above Backpack Ledge.

Step gently over the granite face on the far western side of The Shortcut; a great first route to learn slab climbing.

Traverses the outer western edge of the cave then turns back to climb up beneath the grass.

This long route traverse along the eastern side of TelTel Tower into the dihedral and finishes at the upper ledge.

Shares the start with The Coffin and Carousel but continues up into the right-most waving hand-crack at the top. As long as you pass the traverse leading to the Coffin and stay right, you’ll get into this crack. You should come out standing over the Gentian, just right of the falls

This is the obvious route in the dihedral near the waterfall. It leads up and past the bee hive.

Traverse up and through the vines to reach the leftern cave on the east side of The Arch. Then, climb the exposed face above to reach Split Rock.

Garrador ascends the furthest right side of The Arch area, where claw-like rock features protrude from the mountain.

Climb the most prominent western slab and arete on the west face of Kami.

Designed to kill King Line attempts, The Black Death is the final difficult roof route on Kami.

This route traverses over the cave’s mouth on the far east side of The Sea of Seracs.

On the eastern side of The Blades, across the nearest ice bridge, navigate the ice by staying on dry land.

This route climbs the underside of the ice bridge east of the cave.

This route ascends the black slab on the west side of the left tower.

Climbs the immediate hand crack above the bivouac. Short and sweet.

This route spirals counter-clockwise around the Needle's most featureless sections.

Davy Jone's Locker was once the hardest slab route on Kami. It remains now as only a brutal reminder of a simpler time. Don't get too confident, nearly all who attempt it still fall into the abyss below.

The most exposed route up the stalactites on the west side of The Peril. It has not yet seen its first redpoint...

At the far west end of The Palace of Winds is a flake that rises up toward the stalactites. Bring axes.

The lower section is a long and easy edge. The upper section has no holds, so it is a little bit tricky. Applying maple fudge on hands and feet helps a lot, hence the name.

This short route climbs the face beside the broken ladder at the far east end of The Two-Hundred Steps.

This delicious route traverses out onto the overhanging rock on the western end of The Mirror. A friendly goat waits for you at the top....

Traverse the slab above the gorge west of the The Mirror's lake.

This route leads straight up and out of The Vault before traversing far to the right to reach The Mirror.

This route starts in the dihedral left of Change and moves up through the roofs, then out of The Vault.

A beautiful and short overhanging crack climb that presents a true challenge in finding beta for rests and a hard crux sequence.

This Route climbs the face leading up to the goats and sneaks around left. Going straight up is less contrived and easier, but you won’t catch any goats that way.

Originally an overhanging test piece by Azizi, now a completed work and absolute classic. Aziz’z original ending was good, but with Dragos’s discovery of a potential top-out, what was once thought impossible became legend.

This Route climbs up the middle of Shadow Moses Wall, and then traverses left to top out on the arch.

This route climbs up the right side of the main waterfall on Split Rock.

This route climbs up the sheer face left of the start of Dracula and ends beneath the waterfall.

This route climbs directly above the ravine leading up over the roof and out onto the slab. Stay as far left as possible to stay on route.

This route begins around the west corner of The Arch area and traverses deep into the ravine before climbing up to reach Gabriel.

This route traverses around the right corner at the start of Kami's ascent. Then climb up the barren face to reach the top of the Twisted Ridge.

This route start to the right of The Escarpment's first bivouac and climbs up through the 3 long gastons.

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