Foradada de Toscar
This crag went a long way to making up for the disappointment of Bielsa – another great find, situated right next to the road, and with a great range of […]
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Bielsa – sector camping (more like sector disappointment)
Having been toasted yesterday, we decided to head up the valley to gain altitude and a bit of coolth. The “sector camping” at Bielsa, about 15km south of the French […]
Into the Aragonian Pyrenees
With the stunning weather set to continue for at least another week, we decided to get some altitude to hopefully enjoy cooler temperatures. We’ve set up camp near Ainsa on […]
Navarra and a trip to San Fausto
After our whistle stop tour of the best couple of crags in La Rioja we passed through Navarra and the city of Pamplona on our way to our rendezvous with […]
Anguilano
The other crag recommended in La Rioja is Anguilano. Like Clavio, this dominates the eponymous village, but rather than a conglomerate muffin it offers a huge swathe of clean-cut slab […]
Into Rioja – Climbing at Clavio
Heading east, we drop over the tail end of the Cantabrian range and stop briefly in the southern Basque country, or Pais Vasques. Everything changes, from landscape to architecture, and […]
Berodia
…well, we did make it back through the tunnel – though a slight asymmetry in the van roof meant we had to let the tyres down for an extra inch […]
