Climbs 500
Rocktype Limestone
Altitude 722m a.s.l
Faces W
Simon Kimber contemplates special tactics with the crux at the top of Penetrador (6c+) © Jamie Ayres
Bolted limestone. Main walls face WNW, some buttresses facing E on the other side of the valley.
Half an hour north of Madrid by car. Parking adjacent to all crags. Local bus to within a few kms.
The guidebook is already out of date, the approach shown on the east side of the dam no longer exists (huge pile of earth removed). Either follow the path and walkway marked in the guidebook on the west side, or: descent to the bottom of the dam, climb/run up the sloping concrete wall on the left, and walk round to a tunnel that goes through the dam half-way up.
Due to the removal of the earth, the routes on Muro de los Lamentos to the right of about Baracalofy appear to be inaccessible - we couldn't see any bolts on the new lower wall.
A new guidebook from Desnivel: 'Patones y alrededores' (2nd edition) from 2011. ISBN: 978-84-9829-139-1 RockShock - 02/Nov/11 |
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There is a guide by Desnivel called "Patones, Caliza Deportiva En Madrid" ISBN 84-96192-31-8 Bob Nydlan - 07/Dec/05 |
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