Vías en Monte Corona Lava Tube

The left most, easiest and least steep line. The rock is not that good at the bottom, but it improves quickly and it's worth doing. Good for a warm up route with a couple of deceptively steep moves higher up.

A very good route on good holds, with a crux half way through the steepest section on the roof. Well worth seeking out. Video La Putona 6b.

Video 2:00. Video.

Climb the steep lower wall to the intermediate lower-off.

Continue past the intermediate lower-off and tackle the roof above. Looks hard for the grade, but is on a Youtube video as 7a (video 2:00).

Starts at the base of Route 3 and takes a very steep and sustained diagonal line up the left hand side of the cave section.

blog and photos. Photo start.

A quality route with a hard section at 4m, followed by some easier, but sustained climbing to join "Adios a las Armas" at its crux. Video. Blog 7b+/c.

A harder extension/finish to "Movimiento Sexy" instead of joining "Adios a las Armas".

An excellent route mostly on good holds. Most of the route is 6c climbing leading to a boulder problem crux a few meters short of the belay. Probably the best route in Puerta Falsa. Highly recommended and well bolted, making it doable even if you can't manage the crux boulder problem clean. Bare in mind though like many routes in the lava tube it's so steep it needs seconding to clean it. Video. Video. Video1+2.

Start at the RH belay ledge. Climb the groove to a rest just below the first roof. Turn the lip, then a hard move either off the middle good crimp or higher sloper to gain a slopey crimp and undercuts at the base of the main roof. A dynamic sequence follows on incut edges to reach a couple of large flakes. Various rests can be used here including a double knee bar bat hang. From here press on through what appears to be the RP crux the gain more good holds and hopefully easier ground to finish.

Starting further left into the lava tube climb the steep blunt arête to reach an undercut at the start of the roof. A right knee bar rest can be utilised before heading in to a hard sequence to reach a hanging belay in the middle of the roof.

Climb "Cave 2" to the knee bar. From here break right along edges through the main roof to join route 1 and finish as for this.

Start as for "Cave 2", then break left to finish. No draws, little chalk, grade unknown.

Video. Video 2:50. Blog 7c+. Pictures.

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Another very good route taking a diagonal line left of "Me Hizo Surar". Very steep and a tricky section high up makes it difficult to on-sight at this grade. Video 0:20. Video 6c+.

A very good route that climbs the steep rib slanting up and left. Start left of "La Calentona", climb the short wall and make a harder move to reach the rib. Follow this using huge holds and threads to the belay chain. Video 0:18. Video 2:05 6b+.

Video. Video 6b+.

A good route with clean sound rock and mostly on big holds. Probably the most climbed route in the Puerta False. A steep start leads to a good rest in the niche. Move up and right from here, with the crux the moves back left to the chain. Video 2:05 6b. Video. Video.

Chalked, but old bolts.

Chalked, but old bolts. Climb the steep wall to the obvious overhang. Pull through on good holds to reach the lower-off.

This is the best of this trio of routes with some really good steep climbing on amazing holds.

Nice climbing with a some steep moves up and right to the belay.

Easy climbing on sculpted lava. It first moves up and right with just a couple of stiff pulls at the end back left to get to the belay.

Climb a rib with difficult moves using finger edges to gain better holds at its top. Continue more easily up to the lower-off.

The corner right of "Rib". Climb easily up good holds. Stretch for undercut high up the corner then easily to the belay.

Start on good holds, tackle the roof using a pinch type horizontal to quickly gain good holds again and easily up to the lower-off clip.

A very good climb. Go up to an obvious block in the roof. Gain a pinch above and then jugs up the hanging prow. Pull right to the belay.

A very good route taking the obvious arete from the foot of the arch. Swing round to the right at half height to move up to the lower off in the roof.

The roof of the very impressive arch is covered in situ clips. There are at least 4 routes crossing it. They are all obviously very hard and need knowledge and practice. Pictures.

Start up the left hand side of leaning wall and escape diagonally up and right to the ledge to use the lower off in the roof at the top of "Learning Wall route 2". Reasonable start, but a bit dirty going across right.

Start up "Route 1A", but go up and left on very steep rock before moving back right to the belay chain. "Route 1C" continues even higher on even steeper ground to a lower-off (7c).

Start halfway down the slope and below a belay at half height. A very good climb that's steeper than it looks. Climb the lower half of the wall on good jugs and undercuts to reach a ledge with the lower-off in the roof above.

Start just right of "Route 2" following a diagonal line up and right to a lower-off clip on the lip of the half height roof.

Start up the right hand side of Leaning Wall, just left of the arch roof. After the first wall surmount the first roof and then an even bigger one to reach a lower-off clip on the right.

More routes continue up from here above the arch with a really good looking lip traverse going across.

This is the overhanging arete on the right hand side of the arch, to the right of the descent scramble.

There's at least one hard route going up and diagonally left from this, bolted in Dec 2017.

A good route. Start at the far left of the amphitheater. Follow the glue in bolts to a clip lower off at the chain passing a steep crux section at 2/3 height.

From just right of "Left Wing" follows bolts diagonally up and right into some very steep terrain. Blog.

There looks to be an even harder extension above the belay.

A route climbs out of the dark depths of the cave to finish on the lip below the upper section of "Centre L1".

Start at the left side right wing wall climb up to reach a pocketed prow. Climb onto this and then launch up and left through the roofs. Name is not 'El Huevo de Vudu', that is in Jameo Puerto Falsa.

Climb through the obvious roof to join the rail traverse.

Start up the bolts left of "Right Wing" and go up and left to reach the obvious juggy rail. Hook your way left on this until it is possible to pull round and move up to the belay. Video 0:59. Blog. Blog 7b+.

Pictures Blog. Grade 8a/+ here.

A good route on the far right of the amphitheater. Start easily up the wall, which increasingly steepens to a final reach for the belay clip which hangs from the middle of the capping roof.

Mentioned here. Please merge routes if you can identify.

Mentioned here. Please merge routes if you can identify.

Tome la entrada sur de la cueva. Después de 100 m llegas a un agujero sin salida, hay 3 nuevos tornillos pegados para atravesar en el lado izquierdo (grado 2, para escaladores no es absolutamente necesario asegurar, pero no resbales en el agujero). Luego se llega al ancla de esta "Ruta del Rápel". Baje, salga. Nuevos tornillos pegados, sucios, ¡pero toda la aventura en la cueva en combinación con la escalada es divertida!

Take the south cave entry. After 100m you reach a dead end hole, there are 3 new glued bolts to traverse on the left side (grade 2, for climbers belay not absolutely necessary, but don't slip in the hole). Then you reach the anchor of this "Abseil Route". Rap down, climb out. New glued bolts, dirty, but the whole cave adventure in combination with climbing is fun!

5min más abajo de la cueva, 200m antes del callejón sin salida, hay una rampa de retroceso y nuevos pernos pegados que atraviesan a la derecha en el lado izquierdo. Esto conduce a una segunda etapa y también se puede subir.

5min further down the cave, 200m before the dead end, there is a back going ramp and new glued bolts traversing right on the left side. This leads to a second stage and can be climbed too.

Callejón sin salida después de 150m.

Dead end after 150m.

Take the south cave entry. After 100m you reach a dead end hole, there are 3 new glued bolts to traverse on the left side (grade 2, for climbers belay not absolutely necessary, but don't slip in the hole). Then you reach the anchor of "Abseil Route" (Jameo de Prendes). Rap down. Following the bottom of the tunnel you reach a dead end after 10min. 200m before you see left a ramp and glued bolts ("Route 2", Jameo de Prendes). (Maybe this leads to somewhere? I didn't find the way to Jameo de la Gente from the guidebook.) Turn back and climb or pull out "Abseil Route".

La guía es incomprensible, no pude encontrarla: "Como un viaje a través de 1170 m de longitud. Comenzando en la parte superior del sistema de tubos de lava Monte Corona, preinstale la subida de salida desde la entrada de Prendes con una escalera de 10 my una cuerda de 25 m. (que servirá como un largo aseguramiento para la escalera y como línea de vida). Luego ingrese en la entrada de Gentes y continúe subiendo hasta que en la parte superior de una trepada de 30 pies llegue al paso de 7 m equipado para el tirón. Tome una cuerda de 20 m. . Tire de la cuerda y, después de unos 50 m de espeleología adicional, llegará al final de la escalera en la entrada de Prendes ".

The guidebook is incomprehensible, I couldn't find it: "As a through trip Length 1170m. Starting at the top of the Monte Corona lava tube system, pre rig the exit climb from the Prendes entrance with a 10m ladder, and 25m rope. (which will serve as a long belay for the ladder and as a lifeline.) Then enter at the Gentes entrance and continue up flow until at the top of a 30ft scramble you reach the 7m pitch rigged for pull-through. Take a 20m rope. Pull through the rope, and after about 50m of further caving you will reach the bottom of the ladder in the Prendes entrance."

Same backwards, where is the way through?

Si toma la entrada norte desde Jameo de la Gente, puede caminar unos impresionantes 25 minutos hasta llegar a un callejón sin salida. Volver. Es un túnel despejado, no encontré ningún branach o algún camino a Jameo de Prendes, pero según la guía debería haber uno.

If you take the north entry from Jameo de la Gente you can walk impressive long 25min until you reach a dead end. Turn back. It is a clear tunnel, I didn't find any branach or some way to Jameo de Prendes, but according to the guidebook there should be one.

Caminata impresionante de 25 minutos, solo 1 lugar donde tienes que abrocharte el cinturón de la mochila para pasar por una ranura lateral.

25min impressive long walk, only 1 spot where you have to buckle up the backpack to squeeze trough a side slot.

Guidebook description: "As a through trip, length 1165m. Enter the Jameo de la Gentes and head down flow (to the right). Follow the main passage down until you reach a boulder collapse. At the first boulder collapse take the small stooping tunnel around the collapse to the left hand side. Continue on, and at the 2nd collapse take the small hole in the floor on the right hand side, to bypass this obstruction. On exiting the bypass look to your left as you regain larger passage, and sign the log book left for visitors to the cave. Continue down flow until you reach the exit of Puerta Falsa. The walk back to collect your car is just over 1 mile if you use the roads. An alternative, should you have GPS, is to walk in a direct line back to the Gentes entrance, passing the 3 impressive jameos which make up the Jameos Cumplidos."

¿Lleva el extremo sur de Jameo Cumplidos a alguna parte? Según este dibujo sí, pero caminé desde el Jameo de la Gente hasta el Jameo Puerta Falsa sin notar ninguna rama.

Does the south end of Jameo Cumplidos lead to somewhere? Acoording to this drawing yes, but I walked from Jameo de la Gente to Jameo Puerta Falsa without noticing any branches (I didn't check Cumplidos).

Tome el extremo sur del Jameo Puerta Falsa y camine 20min hasta llegar a una gran cerca con alambre y linterna automática donde probablemente pronto comience la cueva turística. Así que vuelve ...

Take the south end of Jameo Puerta Falsa and walk 20min until you reach a big fence with wire and automatic flashlight where probably soon the tourist cave start. So turn back...

Guidebook description: "As a two way trip, length 800m. Enter at Puerta Falsa and go downflow (to the right). The passage starts as double level before rejoining back to a single level. After approx 400m the passage is fenced signifying the start of the Las Verdes Show Cave."