Map of the rock climbing areas in south western Mallorca

Rock Climbing in southwest Mallorca

Many of these crags around Palma and Valldemossa are easily accessible from both of these cities and include 2 of Mallorca’s best known crags. Sa Gubia is the largest crag in Mallorca both in terms of number of routes and its height, providing many multi-pitch routes. Fraguel crag has the highest quantity of quality hard routes in Mallorca and as such attracts climber from all over Europe.

Rock climbing areas in Southwest Mallorca
No	Crag	Type of Climbing	Total No. of Routes	Number of Routes in Grade Range
No	Crag	Type of Climbing	Total No. of Routes	Up to 4 +	5 to 6a+	6b to 7a	7a+ and up
1	Can Ortigues	Sport	19	2	8	7	2
2	La Vall Verde	Sport	9	0	5	3	1
3	Puig de Garrafa	Sport	88	4	26	29	29
4	Santa Ponca	Sport	8	0	1	2	5
5	Galilea	Sport	14	0	0	3	11
6	Calvia	Sport	17	1	12	4	0
7	Sa Cantera	Sport	13	3	6	3	1
8	Porto Pi	DWS	7	0	2	3	2
9	Es Verger	Sport	40	0	1	13	26
10	S'estret	Sport	49	6	18	7	18
11	Valldemossa	Sport	58	3	16	25	14
12	Sa Gubia	Sport	125	5	37	49	34
13	Fraguel	Sport	60	1	6	12	41
14	Port de Soller	Sport	34	0	0	19	12
15	C'an Nyic	Sport	13	1	1	5	6
16	Gorg Blau	Sport	53	1	4	9	39
17	Es Queixal	Sport	13	0	7	5	1
18	Sa Calobra	DWS	7	0	2	4	1
19	Alaro	Sport	65	3	16	14	32
20	Les Perxes	Sport	66	0	11	21	34

The above information has been extracted from the current edition of the Rockfax Mallorca guidebook. This guidebook describes 29 sports climbing areas, and 12 deep water soloing (DWS) areas in Mallorca. Buy the Mallorca rock climbing guidebook from our shop.

Click on the images opposite to view a larger photograph, showing the excellent rock climbing to be found on the island of Mallorca.