US 5.6 - 5.7 (1 section 5.8)
Frontales Altas, Sektor Suiza
El Chorro (Malaga)
FOTOS to the climb (unsorted)
Opened 2017 by Tobias & Grit Görtz with friends
(was surely a lot of work, scouting, cleaning and drilling more than 150 holes - thanks for the achievements and the interesting route even for beginners)
Safety: plaisir-bolted, belays with chain and ring
Charakter: nice climbing, homogene difficulty in the range of 5.5 to 5.7. on solid and untouched rock, crux 5.8 slab in p10 (some moose), in the lower part also some III-class
Length: 12 pitches, p2 + p3 and p11 + p12 combinable,
all pitches <= 35m
Time: ca. 4 - 6 hrs.
Descent: downclimb from top-out 10m north (II) and keep descending northbound to a trail and on the mountain saddle keep south to "escalera arabe", about 45 min.
Rapelling not recommendable
Gear: 70m rope if combining pitches, 14 quickdraws (18)
Tip: 2-4 shoulder slings, in easy terrain pass some bolts
Line: follows a steep, right-keeping ramp with bushes, grasscushions and trees left and right but climbing line is clean
Note: the famous "Comici" on the "Tre Cime di Lavaredo" (3 Sisters) in the Dolomites has 13 pitches
BlueLine comparable with "Espolon PDP", 13p, Redovan (Alicante) or with "Botanik Grandprix", 12p, on Martinswand, Tirol-Austria
More: seasonable gusty winds higher up, prevent dehydration
Start: at the tree where Rogelio und Los Arcangeles begins
SL 1: 4c, 32m (overrun anchor after 15m)
SL 2: 3c, 30m
SL 3: II + 4c (steep section), 32m
SL 4: III + 4a, 30m
SL 5: 4a/4b, 30m
SL 6: 4c/5a, 30m
SL 7: 4c, 30m
SL 8: 4c, 30m
SL 9: 4c, 30m - most beautifil pitch
SL 10: 4a, 5b, 4c, 33m
SL 11: 4b, 18m
SL 12: 4c, 20m
End: downclimb 10m northbound (II) to easy terrain
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