Faro de Budiño
This is the other major crag in southwest Galicia, and occupies a really commanding position just north of the Portuguese border, visible for miles. The shapely granite domes are just […]
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Monte Galineiro
Monte Galineiro is one of Galicia’s major climbing areas, tucked in the southwest corner of the region, a couple of dozen km from the border with Portugal, and is one […]
Castro de Barona
We arrived at Castro de Barona late on Sunday afternoon, just in time for a quick recce. The place was heaving, but with tourists rather than climbers, as the place’s […]
Peton do Xalo
We’re heading west to Galicia to try to outflank a major weather system blowing in from the Atlantic, but that did mean an unpleasant few hours driving through the eye […]
Back to Berodia
We visited this great little crag towards the end of our Roca Verde tour in 2016 and enjoyed it then. Berodia It’s the ideal stop off as we head west […]
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara is a small crag a few miles south of San Sebastian – not a destination venue, but a super-convenient spot nonetheless. Think Witches Quarry or Hartington if you […]
Atxarte – Urkiola Natural Park
Here’s another destination crag that you’ve probably never heard of. Just south of Bilbao, in the Basque Country / Pais Vasco is the Urkiola Natural Park, made up of the […]
Ramales de la Victoria
We’re back on the road again! We caught the Portsmouth – Santander ferry, and after a delayed departure (7 hours due to bad weather in the Bay of Biscay) we […]
Planeta Zarza
Another toasty day (our last of the trip), another 4 karabiner crag and another approach from above into another narrow N-S Canyon. Actually, into the same narrow Canyon as yesterday, […]
Arico – Arriba y Abajo
Arico is the premier climbing area on Tenerife, at least in terms of numbers of routes (250), and also one of the first to be developed (over 30 years ago). […]
El Rio
Another crag to achieve the acclaim of a 5 karabiners rating in Donde Escalar, El Rio also has sectors that face multiple directions and a range of grades – sounded […]
Tamadaya
Perhaps the biggest weakness to Tenerife as a sunrock destination is the relative lack of easier sports routes – the rock architecture doesn’t seem to lend itself to slabs and […]
Guaria
This crag gets quite a write up in the guidebook and warrants 5 karabiners in Donde Escalar – “a spectacular climbing area with the longest sports routes on the island”. […]
Fasnia
On paper, Fasnia looked to be a good venue for us: a good mix of grades and the option of sun or shade in a fairly handy location. The guide […]
Los Naranjos
Jake and Leah flew in yesterday evening, so now there’s a full team of 4. A sunny morning saw Tash trying out the pool… before breakfast on the back terrace, […]
Las Cañadas – Tidy on Teide
Tenerife is very obviously a volcanic island, the biggest clue being the chuffing great volcano at its centre. Mt Teide, the 3rd highest in the world at 3,718m (7,500m from […]
Weather to Fly – pretty much guaranteed in Tenerife!
The kids and I are off for a week of sun in Tenerife to escape the storms at home (meteorological and political – there’s a faint possibility of at least […]
Montgrony
This has been a year of climbing in spectacular spots, high up in the hills and accessed only thanks to centuries of work in constructing snaking tracks to access a […]
Berga
We’d been hoping to use the spring weather towards the end of our trip to explore some of the many cragging options nearer the Pyrenees. After a long wait, we […]
Coll de Nargo – Sector Coll Pique and Samarkand
A major deluge throughout Saturday prompted a much needed rest day and a change of scene, so we headed over the hills to Oliana. Great views of the world’s second […]
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