Tranki resting before the crux on the 7a+ Just outside of the little coastal town of Tossa de Mar in Costa Brava, about 1½ hours north of Barcelona, some pretty fun Deep Water Solo/Psicobloc can be found. The rock is pretty grainy granite but with the closeness to water some of the holds are a [...]
Finger injury caught in action Finally I had a break from work and managed to time up with a fellow Swede visiting Spain to visit Rodellar. With Monday being a bank holiday in Barcelona and the high season in Rodellar in full swing, Friday night was sure to bring a big crowd. The plan was [...]
If you stay in Barcelona and want to climb really steep limestone the best (or only?) option is Calders. Next to the little village there are about a 100 steep and hard routes mainly in the 6c to 8b range. There are easier climbs but I suspect the best routes are 7c or harder. The [...]
25 degrees last weekend, almost one week of sun and warm weather. The snow in the mountains is melting… Spring is right here! So today we are presenting you this crag, which is perfect for this season, Sadernes. Sadernes is part of a very small town in the northeast of Catalunya called Sales de Llierca, [...]
Totxo de Ponent is a small sector on the south face of Montserrat. With only 12 routes that are fairly short, 10-20 meters of actual climbing, it might seem like a not so interesting sector to choose for a day of climbing (especially compared to everything else on the south face of Montserrat). Well, [...]
Sole climber nearing the anchor on a route at La Pauta (click photo to zoom in) Living in Catalonia and having access to basically unlimited amount of climbing is, as you can imagine, just amazing. One cool thing is that we very seldom go to famous areas and sectors. Instead we focus on smaller crags [...]
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 [...]
Last week I went with some friends to climb in the huge cliffs of Vilanova de Meià. Vilanova de Meià is a very small village near Lleida. It may go unnoticed by most but it is well known to climbers because of its large amount of rock. The crag itself, and it's surrondings, can be a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]