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Rock Climbing in Granada

Its not very often you can mix rock climbing and skiing in the same trip, but the rock climbing around Granada offers just that! With the Sierra Nevada mountains rising to 3,500m above Granada this is a popular skiing resort. To the south of Granada there are several excellent sports climbing crags, most notably Los Cahorros, Alfacar & Los Vados and to the east Loja. From the autumn through to the spring these crags offers some excellent winter sun sports climbing, and then for a rest day or 2 go skiing.

The majority of the routes are single pitch though some excellent multi-pitch sports routes are located at Los Vados. Although easy routes here do exist the quality routes tend to be in the mid grade range and higher.

The cheaper places to stay will be any of the coastal resorts, where good value villas and hotels can be found. As the different crags are quite spread apart it means hiring a car is essential to make the most of the visit.

 
 
Map of the Rock Climbing areas around Granada
 
Rock Climbing in Granada
No Crag Name
Total number of routes at this grade
Grade Range
No of Routes
Single or Multi-pitch
3 to 5+
6a to 6b+
6c to 7a+
7b & over
Not known
1 Naranjito-Pena Cabrera
13
18
22
7
3
4+ to 8b
63
Both
2 Alfacar
36
47
12
5
14
4 to 8a
114
Both
3 Los Cahorros
37
89
59
30
8
4+ to 8b
223
Both
4 Los Caracolillos
2
6
8
5
0
5+ to 7b+
21
Single
5 Capileira
18
15
4
0
1
4 to 7a+
38
Both
6 Lagos
0
6
9
29
14
6a+ to 8b+
58
Single
7 Los Vados
2
21
16
41
6
5 to 8b+
86
Both
8 Motril
3
8
13
8
4
5+ to 8b+
36
Single
9 Loja
16
46
59
83
22
4 to 8c
226
Both
 


The above information has been extracted from the excellent guidebook called Andalucia by David Munilla and details all the major crags around Granada. Buy this guidebook from our shop.

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Rock climbing guidebook for Granada, Southern Spain

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