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 [...]
It's well known that Catalunya, the Basque Country, Arragón, Valencian country, Madrid, Andalucía, Galicia and all the other regions of Spain have lots of rock, lots of crags. Some are 5 star, some others are very small in comparison to El Chorro, Margalef, Siurana or Rodellar. But there are some others -less international- that are [...]
Another nice Montserrat sunset. Click the photo to see the needle we climbed. After a year living in Barcelona and about 30 days of climbing and 10 days of hiking in Montserrat time finally came to try one of the magic needles this crazy little mountain has to offer. As always I turn to Pere [...]
A lone climber on the left part of sector Vermell de Xincarró. Click the photo for help locating the climber. Are you planning a visit to Montserrat in the near future? Within a month, temperatures will drop and the south side of Montserrat will be a very good option for climbing near Barcelona. Sport climbing [...]
Unless you come to Spain more for the beaches than for the climbing, there are some golden rules to follow when planning your climbing trip to Spain: 1/ Summer is too warm. Big parts of Spain have a 12 month climbing season as long as you search for high altitude areas, like Cavallers, and stay [...]
Julia has written a couple of excellent introductions to to areas around her adopted hometown of Barcelona, the Lleida-area and the Barcelona-area. In her Lleida-article she writes about the climbers bars: In Catalonia overall, and Lleida and Alt Urgell regions in particular, it is often the case that only the locals can get through the [...]
The Spanish Heavyweight Climbing Team, consisting of me and Linder, another 90 kg Swede living in Spain, decided on a date in Riglos. Having previously climbed together in Margalef and Montserrat the goal was now to find a good mix of the two: 300 meter long, steep and bolted routes.