Climbing at Castillo de Santa Catalina

162 routes on 12 walls, 3–7c. In Jaén, Andalusia. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

See the Friction Score in the app The grades

Routes

162

Walls

Grades

3–7c

Style

Sport

Best season (estimated)

March–May · September–October

// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 3 to 7c. Half are between 5+ and 6b.

Each climb counts at its grade; ungraded ones are left out. In the app you can switch to YDS, V-scale, UIAA or British grades.

// The walls

Sun and shade

Walls face several ways: pick the sector for sun or shade at any hour.

North1 sectorNortheast5 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth6 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest0 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: March–May · September–October. Worked out from each wall's aspect and the latitude; the app fine-tunes it with what climbers log.

South-facing wall

S · aspect 180°

Example

Excellent

★ best at 6 PM

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57°

Temp

41%

Humidity

Wind

Sun

Wall

Friction ScoreHow the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall. In the app, for every crag on the map. See it in the app →ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

// From the air

Castillo de Santa Catalina from above

Aerial photo of the Castillo de Santa Catalina area — 12 walls in this area. Each one, with its approach and topo, in the app. Orthophoto: PNOA courtesy of © Instituto Geográfico Nacional (CC BY 4.0).

// Where it is

On the map

ANDALUSIA · 11 CRAGS WITHIN 25 MI · Orthophoto: PNOA courtesy of © Instituto Geográfico Nacional (CC BY 4.0)

// Nearby

Crags nearby

01Peñas de Castro4+–7b+ · Sport2 mi · 18 routes 02Jaén4–8c+ · Limestone · Sport4 mi · 481 routes 03Las cimbras6a–6b · Sport5 mi · 4 routes 04Cuevas negras6b–8a+ · Sport5 mi · 21 routes 05El Vítor6a–7a · Sport5 mi · 3 routes 06Castillo de La Guardia5–6c · Sport6 mi · 7 routes 07Pegalajar4–6b · Sport8 mi · 14 routes 08Peña de Martos3 · Limestone · Sport10 mi · 1 route

// The Friction Score for every crag

Climb more. Guess less.

When the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall; topos, your logbook and people to climb with. In your units (°F or °C) and your grades (YDS or French). The social side is free, always.