Climbing at La Ermita de El Boalo

40 routes on 5 walls, 5–7c+. In Madrid, Community of Madrid. 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

Walls

Grades

5–7c+

Rock

Granite

Style

Sport

Best season (estimated)

March–June · September–October

// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5 to 7c+. Half are between 5c and 7a.

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 south-facing: sun for much of the day. A winter crag; in summer, go early or late.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast0 sectorsSouth1 sectorSouthwest2 sectorsWest2 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: March–June · 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

La Ermita de El Boalo from above

Aerial photo of the La Ermita de El Boalo 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

COMMUNITY OF MADRID · 46 CRAGS WITHIN 25 MI · Orthophoto: PNOA courtesy of © Instituto Geográfico Nacional (CC BY 4.0)

// Nearby

Crags nearby

01Canto Cochino3–8B+ · routes 3–8b+ · Granite · Bouldering · Sport2 mi · 503 routes and boulders 02La Ermita de Peña Sacra3–8B · routes 4+–7b+ · Granite · Bouldering2 mi · 520 boulders 03Depósito/Collado de la Cueva3–8A+ · Bouldering2 mi · 146 boulders 04El Tranco3–8b+ · Granite · Sport2 mi · 326 routes 05El Yelmo2–8a+ · Granite · Sport3 mi · 152 routes 06La Senda Maeso5–8a+ · Granite · Sport3 mi · 181 routes 07La Pedriza Posterior4–8c+ · Granite · Sport · Trad3 mi · 120 routes 08Maliciosa4b–7c · Granite · Trad3 mi · 12 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.