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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 25, 2013 - 08:06am PT
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Spain is one of the more mountainous european countries, with very stable climate.
Main altitude of the State in Canary Islands (Teide 3.718m.).
Main altitude of the peninsula in Sierra Nevada (Mulhacén 3.480m.).
Main altitude of the Sistema Central... Sierra de Gredos (Almanzor 2.592m.).
Rock in summer/winter and ice only in the winter.
I´ll leave here photos and info... maybe you should be interested for a holidays future... or simply like to see them.
Sierra de Gredos is about 150km. from Madrid.
Comments welcome.
Sierra de Gredos. Galayos... granit, 100/300m.
Sierra de Gredos. Torozo... granit, 100!300m.
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ddriver
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Feb 25, 2013 - 10:56am PT
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Thanks Carlos. That's very pretty rock. How close is it to La Pedriza?
Spain has wonderful climbing and weather, as you say. I have climbed at La Pedriza, Riglos, Picos de Europa, Montserrat, Penon, Sella, and El Chorro, among others. All were tremendous.
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2013 - 11:25am PT
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Hello, ddriver... la Pedriza belongs to the Sistema Central mountains as Sierra de Gredos.
Pedriza is about 45km. from Madrid and Sierra de Gredos about 100km. from Pedriza... it is usual to travel by car to Gredos just one day and climb... time enough without hurries.
ˇAh!... I saw your photos... Naranjo de Bulnes west classic face... very good.
La Pedriza is considered as one of the best friction climbing area... more than 3.000 routes.
Best regards.
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Feb 25, 2013 - 11:25am PT
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Mas por favor.
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2013 - 01:38pm PT
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mrtropy...
Sistema Central... Sierra de Gredos... Galayos... "El Torreón".
Sistema Central... Sierra de Gredos... Galayos... "Aguja Negra y Aguja Amezúa"
... climbing...
... and abseiling...
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2013 - 01:08pm PT
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Sistema Central... Sierra de Gredos... Pico Almanzor.
200m. ... rock in summer up to 6B. Ice and mixed climbing in winter up to M6 and AI4+.
Sistema Central... Sierra de Gredos... Pico Risco Moreno.
130m. ... rock in summer up to 7B.
Sistema Central... Sierra de Guadarrama... Pedriza area.
... +3.000 routes... up to 8C.
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ddriver
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Feb 28, 2013 - 02:41pm PT
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Carlos, what is this guy in the middle named? How far from Manzanares el Real?
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2013 - 09:57am PT
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Hello, ddriver.
The name of that guy is "El Pájaro" (the bird)... also called in maps "Pinganillo".
You have two ways from Manzanares el Real... in any case the meeting point would be the "Giner de los Ríos Hut"... from there you accede to a lot of climbs.
1)Walking from the village to "El Tranco"... and then to the hut (1 1/2 hours).
2)By car from the village to "Canto Cochino"... meeting point of climbers... and then to the hut (45 mn).
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jaaan
Trad climber
Chamonix, France
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Hey Carlos, I saw some photos of a stunning looking route at El Caputxí, somewhere in the north. I think the route was called Déjŕ Vu and there was some controversy over the bolts on it Have you been there?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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^^^That "sierra," if one can call that extended ridgeline such, is looking like a perfectly nice traverse. Has anyone done all those summits in a day? Or less? It looks like a great challenge from here.
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Grippa
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Is there a website that contains information for this area?
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2013 - 01:42pm PT
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Hello, Jaaan... you are well informed.
"El Caputxi" is in the Pyrenees (Pirineos)... frontier with France.
The route "Déjá Vu" was first descended and bolted. Of course there were problems with other climbers.
Nowadays most people climb it with "friends". If you do not use bolts... the second pitch has long runouts and the last one should be impossible to protect... the rest is OK.
It is considered as one of the best cracks in Spain.
Another place from the Pyrenees... "Ordesa Valley"... "Tozal del Mallo"...
Mouse... really it shall be a good climb. You will have to climb a lot of peaks.
There are more peaks to the left... so it will be a very, very long day... walking, climbing and abseiling.
A view from the other side... from the village of Manzanares el Real... with the peak "El Yelmo".
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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I am trying to convince my husband that we should go to Spain and spend a few months. I think this thread could help persuade him!
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Where the Hoback and the mighty Snake River meet
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I spent 12 days in Andalusia a few years back. El Chorro was cool, too cool to climb though.
Really want to go back and spend a couple of months in Spain, maybe never come home.
Awesome thread.
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Sredni Vashtar
Social climber
The coastal redwoods
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great post, you have some great mountains in Spain from vall de nuria to Mount Teide. Andalucia reminds me a lot of So Cal. I was just telling a friend he was to check out the lunar landscape of Mount Teides Caldera, with its wind sculpted esoteria and general weirdness
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2013 - 02:57pm PT
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Hello, Grippa... you can find lot of info of Pedriza and other areas in here... http://www.viaclasica.com/index.php... look for "el foro" and you will see.
Phylp... stable weather in Spain... and good food/wines... come here.
Marlow... thank you very much for your help.
hossjulia... if you decide not to return... do not worry about it, will be good received.
Sredni... Teide is an easy peak but long way... some people walk from the sea... ufff...
In the "Cordillera Cantabrica"·(see map above)... "Picos de Europa"... "Naranjo de Bulnes"... 500m.
In "Pyrenees" ... "Sierra Partacua"... "Telera"... 700m. fantastic mixed terrain for winter.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Thanks for sharing your Spanish gold with us!
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 5, 2013 - 12:30pm PT
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Thank you, Steve.... a pleasure to share with you all.
Some more landscapes of Sistema Central... Sierra de Gredos.
Peak..."El Fraile"... very good rock climbing... in wild terrain... 90/120m... up to 8A.
Peaks... "El Durazno" and "Casqueruela"... wild, wild... 200/250m.... up to 6C+.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Carlos - I WILL come to Spain! It may take a year before I can come, but I want to visit very much. Please keep your email link to your supertopo account active so people can get in touch with you in the future.
Phyl
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