Climbing at Villanueva del Rosario

136 routes on 10 walls, 3–8c. In Málaga, 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

136

Walls

Grades

3–8c

Rock

Limestone

Style

Sport

Best season (estimated)

March–May · September–October

// History

Villanueva del Rosario, year by year

2011Adam Ondra makes the first ascent of La Planta de Shiva (9b) at Villanueva del Rosario. Wikipedia (en)
2017Angela Eiter redpoints La Planta de Shiva (9b), becoming the first woman in the world to climb the grade. Wikipedia (en)

// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 3 to 8c. Half are between 6a and 7b+.

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

Mostly east-facing: morning sun, afternoon shade.

North1 sectorNortheast1 sectorEast3 sectorsSoutheast1 sectorSouth0 sectorsSouthwest1 sectorWest0 sectorsNorthwest1 sector

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

Villanueva del Rosario from above

Aerial photo of the Villanueva del Rosario area — 10 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 · 17 CRAGS WITHIN 25 MI · Orthophoto: PNOA courtesy of © Instituto Geográfico Nacional (CC BY 4.0).

// Nearby

Crags nearby

01Villanueva del Trabuco5+–7a · Sport4 mi · 9 routes 02Villanueva de Cauche5–8b · Sport4 mi · 57 routes 03Alfarnatejo5–8b · Sport5 mi · 74 routes 04Yugoslavia5+–7a · Sport6 mi · 10 routes 05Archidona4–9a+ · Limestone · Sport9 mi · 114 routes 06Torcal de Antequera4–8c+ · Limestone · Sport10 mi · 144 routes 07Comares5+–8a+ · Metamorphic · Sport11 mi · 29 routes 08Zafarraya3+–8a+ · Limestone · Sport13 mi · 111 routes

// 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.