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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
MontgronyÂ
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 […]
BergaÂ
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 SamarkandÂ
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 […]
CubellsÂ
Another trip to Cubells – we were last here about 18 months ago with Bill and Steve. Once again the crag seemed to have been block booked by Brits, with […]
Ager – Barranc de Grillons
We’d been itching to head back to this excellent crag ever since arriving in the area, especially Helen who had been injured on the previous occasion we’d visited, but chilly […]
Santa LinyaÂ
Another trip to Santa Linya sector Futbalin – I must have climbed here four or five times, and on the face of it that might seem daft considering the other […]
Camarasa – sector Crestes de ConillÂ
Camarasa is a charming village with a a great bakery – Forn de Pa Capdevila, and a whole array of crags (with almost 400 routes). Unfortunately, most of these are […]
Sant Llorenc de Montgai – El CilindreÂ
We woke to a beautiful morning with spectacular views over the crags around our camping spot. What a difference a day makes – beats the rows of static caravans or […]
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