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Terradets taste menu: Bruixes

The gorge of Terradets lies in the west of Catalunya, between Lleida and the Pyrenees. Terradets is known for it's three multi-pitch adventure crags between 200 and 500m and it's famous sport climbing crag. In this post I want to focus in this last one: Paret de les Bruixes (Witches wall) Bruixes is a limestone [...]

By |2010-03-19T16:20:00+01:00March 12th, 2010|Taste menu|7 Comments

Montgrony – tufa paradise!

After hearing a lot about Montgrony the last year or so we finally made a visit to this legendary climbing area earlier this week. We where blown away. It's not big, about 300 routes in total, but the quality of the climbing is just fantastic. To fully enjoy the venue I would say it's good [...]

By |2010-01-03T17:16:56+01:00January 3rd, 2010|Crags|2 Comments

Lowered down

In Rodellar, everything is steep. Here Joseba is being lowered down after trying a long 8a. Note the big arch at the left of the photo. Rodellar is a small village located about 4 hours west of Barcelona. For long, steep climbs between 7b and 9a this is probably the best crag in the world. [...]

By |2009-12-01T01:07:29+01:00December 1st, 2009|Photos|0 Comments

Perles and the route Amistades Pelirrojas

The village of Perles as seen from the crags [nggallery id=4] In the northern part of the province of Catalonia, in the comarca Alt Urgell, lays a small village named Perles. The area of Alt Urgell holds an immense amount of climbing but the question is not if the cliffs above Perles has the highest [...]

By |2021-01-26T20:14:23+01:00November 3rd, 2009|Crags, Multipitch, Routes|7 Comments

Redrum in Àger

The author on the magnificent traverse on the third pitch After reading this inspiring blog post, the route Redrum above the village Àger was the route of choice for our Saturday of climbing. We left Terrassa Friday night and finally arrived an hour after midnight to the base of the walls. Slept by the side [...]

By |2009-10-27T15:17:25+01:00October 13th, 2009|Routes|1 Comment