Rock
Climbing around Malaga and Marbella in Southern Spain
The rock climbing around Malaga is dominated
by the world famous gorge at El
Chorro. However there are many other excellent
crags within the region that are also inland from Malaga,
such as Desplomilandia near El Chorro, Torcal de Antequera
and Archidona near Antequera, Turon near Ardales, and San
Bartolo near Tarifa 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.
It is possible to climb from October right through
to early June (the summer is just too hot) though the ideal
time is in the spring and autumn as it can be quite windy
and therefore cold in the winter. As with most sports climbing
in Spain a 60m rope is ideal along with about 12 quickdraws.
The information shown below has been extracted
from the excellent guidebook by David Munilla, called "Andalucia",
which is available to buy from our
shop. All the grades listed below are French
grades, which is the system used throughout Spain.
Rock
Climbing in Malaga and Marbella
Other rock
climbing areas within Andalucia
are El Chorro and
Granada, both of
which offer fantastic sports climbing.
