Routes in Europe for selected grade

The island's most popular, steep tufa climb. A good introduction to the style. In peak season, come early for a quick onsight or join the crowd until the sun hits.

Being less steep than the 7's to the left, Trela still requires a lot of endurance or better, some creative kneebars. Take the rightmost line of the shared start with Punto Caramelo and Tufantastic.

[Rope beta: A 70m rope is more than enough for leading and lowering (even though the guidebook says 40m). BUT be aware that stripping QDs might need more rope depending on technique.]

Pumpy and consistent on blobs and a tufa fin. A good line except for one section at the start where it merges with the route to the left.

Tricky, vertical climbing on edges. To the right of El Schuppo.

Relatively easy first half and a long crux sequence at mid height.

Tufa blobs lead to a tufa-fin chimney.

A bit run-out at the top.

A fantastic route that offers technical climbing with some thin moves in the first half. Sustained second half up the cracks and small tufas. Easier for the tall.

A good introduction to the climbing in this sector. Good value for the grade.

About as much technical, vertical, slab as you can put into 40m of rock. Good value for the grade.

A technical wall climb.

Probably not your first 7a. A stiff intro, some intimidating moves on mushrooms and a bouldery crux higher up. The bolts are far apart for Kaly standards.

Long climb with an intermediate anchor where the real difficulties start.

1. Climb the slab to the right tufa. Get on it and left to the two "balls" with some cruxy moves and keep going to the first chain. Jafedi YouTube

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Amazing and varied climb. A must-do.

This short but relentless Berdorf classic is infamous for its low first crux.

Thin and techy on great quality, vertical rock.

Pumpy route with a couple of small cruxes.

Very polished start with insecure clipping positions. The climbing improves significantly after bolt 3.

Guidebooks 6c+/7a+, 8a.nu consensus 6c+/7a.

Use the left-hand ladder to start.

Infamous hard anchor-clip and possible rope drag problems. Otherwise great tufa climbing at around 6b+.

A hard slab on the orange-grey wall, requiring good footwork. Then sustained and steep climbing on good pockets.

Guidebooks 6c+/7a, 8a.nu consensus 6c+/7a.

Great, playful moves inside and next to the diagonal tufa corner.

Two harder sections, first face climbing on crimpers, second a litte overhang to the anchor, separated by a no-hand-rest.

Long moves on jugs. Quite soft for the grade (7a) given by the guidebook.

A technical wallclimb with several hard parts and a distinctive long move. Unclipping the first QD after reaching the 2nd and extending the 3rd QD will greatly reduce rope drag.

Great climbing with no tricks.

Bolts a bit off to the side. Polished.

Start in the back left of the little cave. Up steeply on big jugs to a contorted finish.

At right side of priminent corner along right leaning flake.

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An overhanging, quite gymlike climb.

Short but intense and pumpy with a reachy crux towards the end of the organ pipes.

A long, vertical journey, on smooth orange rock, mostly requiring good footwork and routefinding skills.

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Good route with a juggy tufa start and a technical upper half. Unfortunately, very poor and sparse bolt placement makes it hard to enjoy if you're not very comfortable in the grade.

Super popular and getting a little shiny these days. Committing slab to finish.

Guidebooks 7a/+. 8a.nu consensus 7a/+.

An awkward crux at the start leads up to tufa-land with big tufas and organpipes. Hard exit over the bulge right before the anchor.

Some nice pocket pulling which ends much too soon.

Classic. Hard for the first four clips.

Wonderful line up in the centre. Will test your perseverance at the top before you can clip the chains. Has suffered from many ascents and is now competing for most polished route of El Chorro. Still worth doing!

popular line, well used

Incredible climbing (and chimneying) on massive tufas.

Guidebooks 7a/+, 8a.nu consensus 7a/+.