Riglos is an awesome place for multi-pitch sport climbing: its idyllic location, its stunning skyline, its special kind of rock with a lot of big, rounded holds commonly called “potatoes”, its 300 metres of vertical, slightly overhanging walls, make it a unique spot, where you can really taste the feeling of void and enjoy a complete all-day climbing, sharing the sky with vultures flying above you. The approach to the walls is short and easy. You park your car just at the entrance of the village and walk about 5 minutes through the picturesque narrow streets to reach the starting point of your climb. You can choose among a very high number of itineraries and all of them are quite easy to find with the help of one of the local guidebooks.
The “Mallos” – as the spires of this stunning conglomerate rock formation are called in Spanish – offer a wide choice of low- to middle-grade routes, generally well equipped. But if you are up to greater adventures and bigger commitment, you also can find really challenging lines, with higher difficulty grades and poorer/older equipment or even completely clean. As for the descent, depending on the chosen route, you will have to rappel, walk back to the starting point, or do a combination of these two things.
Another plus is that thanks to the good climate in this region you can enjoy many days of climbing in the sun during late autumn and winter. And if you come in late spring or summer, you just have to wake up early and you can comfortably climb in the shade until noon.
