More Teverga
There really is more rock here than you can shake a clip stick at! Plenty of climbing for a week, with a major new sector each day (though to enjoy […]
Category Archives: Spain
Quiros
Tucked away in the adjacent valley, Quiros is Teverga’s sister crag – only 15 minutes away, but different in many respects. About 20 sectors are scattered over the mountainside, somewhat […]
Teverga – Spanish climbing’s best kept secret?
A couple of hours drive west, and running south from the city of Oviedo, the Valles de Trubia are home to the two most important climbing ares in Asturias. Our […]
Las Cabadas
At last, an overcast day. Not great for the photos, but much more conducive to climbing tricky routes.We went to Las Cabadas, a fairly minor crag and perhaps the least […]
Cares Gorge
We’d run out of shady crags and the forecast was “scorchio” again, so in desperation we decided to go for a walk. In fairness, we probably needed another rest day. […]
Via Ferrata La Hermida
The forecast for Saturday wasn’t great, so we made plans for a rest day. As it turned out it was dry and warm, but overcast, so I upped the agenda […]
Sector Clonico
A pretty crag, high above La Hermida. On the face of it, a nice bunch of amenable grades too. We managed 4 6as and 6a+’s which was quite enough! Tough! […]
Fuente De and a climb that wasn’t to be
With temperatures forecast to hit almost 30 we decided to head high! The cable car at Fuente De is only 25 minutes further up the valley, and gives access to […]
Placas de Esquilleu
Scorchio again, but a late start meant that our chosen crag was starting to go into the shade 🙂 Actually, the most fun aspect of Las Placas is the Tyrollean […]
El Salmon
Another fine day with temperatures into the high twenties revealed a minor imperfection in the climbing topography of this otherwise perfect valley, almost all of the crags face south west. […]
Rumenes – it’s Tufa time!
Rumenes is the premier crag of the area, with a couple of slabby sectors complemented by some awesome Tufa terrain. It was cracking the flags when we arrived, and the […]
Desfiladero de la Hermida
This impressive gorge runs along the eastern edge of the Picos d’Europa, from Panes down to Potes – a charming touristy village. We’ve based ourselves at a fab campsite just […]
Roca Verde – Climbing in Northern Spain
The ferry from Portsmouth to Santander really is a very civilised way to get to Spain. Rock up and roll on in the early evening, dine in a pretty decent […]
Santa Linya
For our final “airport” day we make a shortish drive to Santa Linya, and enjoy some of the steep juggy routes on sector football, a favourite of Helen and mine. […]
More pudding please!
The French call the conglomerate rock of Riglos “poudinage” – after the similarities with a lumpy fruit pudding. For our second helping we head over to Le Pison for the […]
Fiesta de Los Biceps
Rightly celebrated as one of the best routes in Europe, if not the world, I’d climbed Fiesta de Los Biceps about 6 years ago with Bill. At the time, Jake […]
The reason I don’t do rest days
My self-appointed coach announced that Day 4 of the trip was a rest day. He’s probably right, but it just seems ungrateful not to be climbing when there’s this much […]
Camarasa
Sunshine and temps in the high teens so we need to take the vampire somewhere shady – in fairness to Jake, it is pretty sticky in the sun. Camarasa is […]
Brutal at Bruixes
We spent a few days at Terradets last year, studiously avoiding sector Las Bruixes (The Witches). With just half a dozen routes under 7b and a reputation for polished sandbaggy […]
Viva Catalunya
We’re back in Spain for a boys break near Barcelona. Having finally arrived around 1am (thank you to the French air traffic control dispute ) we made a late arrival […]
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