Snowy Montserrat
It is a not very usual sight, but this year we have got it! So we want to share this spectacular and rare view with you. February 2015: big snowfall in Catalonia. And Montserrat looks like that...
Christmas trip to Sella, Costa Blanca
Do you already know what to do during your Christmas holidays? Well, you can stay at home, sit around a big table with relatives you haven’t seen for ages, make small talk, eating and drinking for days… but… if you are a climbing enthusiast like us and you are looking like crazy for a good [...]
Montserrat: multi-pitch route “Vendetta” at Roca Ponent, Vinya Nova
Topo from www.tibalifort.blogspot.com On a sunny November Friday we head to the magnificent Roca Ponent in the area called Vinya Nova on the South Face of Montserrat to climb the sports multi-pitch route "Vendetta". We park the car at the spacious parking just below the Restaurant Vinya Nova (5 minutes' drive from both villages [...]
From Sweden to Montserrat
Last week we were glad to welcome Joakim from Sweden, who wanted to discover something new for him. He is an experienced climber, but had never tasted the special kind of rock we have got here: conglomerate! Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock that contains large rounded clasts. The space between the clasts is generally [...]
Beautiful Montserrat
Beautiful view from the sector El Vermell del Xincarró at the end of the climbing day
Delight climbing in Camarasa
A view of the canyon, climbing sectors on the right This year autumn seems to have no intention to arrive... here in Catalonia we still have a lot of sun and days with 23 degrees at noon... Well, that's not bad to have a relaxing day on the beach, or... to enjoy climbing [...]
Montrebei and Peña Montanyesa adventure climbs
As we been almost a week under the rain, we had already a great season of multipitch climbing. Our meeting point, during two weeks was MONTREBEI, they came from Montserrat (David and Salva and few more partys) and II'm coming from the Benasque’s valley, in the Aragon’s Pyrenees. We climbed a coupple of routs each [...]
Montserrat mystical climbing
Another sunny and beautiful morning, its Thursday and we’re enjoying May as a great month for rock climbing… We decide to meet here as a day of work, we should talk about “climbinspain” , which could be a better place?!! We hike into a canyon and follow the old path that takes us [...]
Sector Cine in Collegats
The author enjoying a sunny afternoon of great conglomerate climbing. Photo: Elin Eriksson The past weekend we took a 2-hour drive up to the Collegats-area north of Lleida. It might not come as a big surprise to you who follow Climb in Spain that this is yet another post about a conglomerate area. For me [...]
Bouldering in Castillo de Bayuela
CRIMPER!!! from javipec on Vimeo. Check out this cool bouldering video from the granite area of Castillo de Bayuela! Carles de Diego Boguñá, a local boulderer, sent us the following information: The place is Castillo de Bayuela in Toledo, close to Toledo city (60 Km) or 100 km west of Madrid. People from Madrid and [...]