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the north and east of Malaga
there are several excellent crags other than El Chorro. These
include such as Desplomilandia , Torcal de Antequera and Archidona
, Turon , and San Bartolo on the coast. Each of these crags
offer 100's of bolted sports routes on limestone rock (except
San Bartolo which is sandstone), and across a good range of
grades.
Click here to find more information
about rock climbing around Malaga.
There is some good rock climbing from Granada
and then south to the coast, where there are 8 significant
crags with well over 600 routes across all grades. The largest
is Los Cahorros just south of Granada, with over a dozen buttresses
forming a bowl at the end of a valley. Here there is a good
selection of multi-pitch and single pitch sports routes.
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information about rock climbing around Granada.
Close to Jaen there a
number of crags with a total of over 350 routes, which are
mainly single pitch sports routes on limestone rock.
The rock climbing around Cordoba
and Sevilla is not as concentrated as the rest of the region.
Though there are still some good crags to be found, particularly
at Espiel, which offers over 230 routes with a good selection
of grades.
The best time of year to visit Andalucia
to go rock climbing is from the autumn through to the spring.
With the Sierra Nevada mountains rising to 3,500m above Granada
it is also possible to mix some skiing and rock climbing on
the same trip!
The guidebook that covers all the major
crags described here, is simply called "Andalucia"
by David Munilla, which is available to buy from our
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