Climbing at La Palma

14 routes and boulders on 5 walls, 6a–7b+ · boulders 6B–6C+. In Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. 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 and boulders

Walls

Grades

6a–7b+ · boulders 6B–6C+

Rock

Volcanic

Style

Sport · Bouldering

Best season (estimated)

February–May · October–November

// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

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

Boulders by grade

From 6B to 6C+. Half are between 6B and 6C+.

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 west-facing: morning shade, afternoon sun.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast1 sectorSoutheast0 sectorsSouth1 sectorSouthwest0 sectorsWest2 sectorsNorthwest1 sector

Estimated best season: February–May · October–November. 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

La Palma from above

Aerial photo of the La Palma area — 5 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

CANARY ISLANDS · 9 CRAGS WITHIN 25 MI · Orthophoto: PNOA courtesy of © Instituto Geográfico Nacional (CC BY 4.0).

// Nearby

Crags nearby

01El Riachuelo5–7A+ · routes 6a–6b · Volcanic · Bouldering2 mi · 18 routes and boulders 02Caldera de Taburiente6B+–7B · Bouldering2 mi · 3 boulders 03Peña del Diablo5–7b · Sport2 mi · 26 routes 04Las Angustias5a–8a · Sport4 mi · 20 routes 05Barranco de la Madera4c–8a · Sport5 mi · 34 routes 06Campanarios de Jedey2–7c · Volcanic · Sport7 mi · 45 routes 07Barranco del Agua5b–8b+ · Volcanic · Sport7 mi · 55 routes 08Barranco de Izcagua5c–8b · Volcanic · Sport9 mi · 65 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.