Costa Vertical – The outdoor specialist for rock climbing, walking and more in Spain's Costa Blanca
The Ponoig close to Polop is also known as the “sleeping lion”. It offers brilliant multi-pitch climbing, a nice and exposed Via Ferrata which we did last week as well as several walks.
Tony on the start of the via ferrata
This week we guided a lovely client from Benidorm to the summit of Ponoig. Tony picked up Clare in Benidorm at 09:00 am and took her to Continue Reading →
Rainy season in the Costa Blanca. A few days ago we just went for a short walk, but it was worth it. We just walked a bit along Sella’s “Water Route” to see one of the highlights of this nice walk around Sella – the waterfalls which are only running during rainy periods.
Here some more impressions which invited us to stay a bit longer at that nice spot.
The Costa Blanca currently experience a renaissance as a very well known climbing area for people who like to escape the northern European winter.
The area is mentioned as one of the winter destination for climbers in the low- and mid-grades on the British climbing, mountaineering and hillwalking forum, UK Climbing!
Here the article: How to Survive Your First Sport Climbing Holiday
Furthermore, the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) released an article about Spain’s secret escapes for climbers up to the mid-grades.
Find out more about the Spanish secrets: top 5 best mid-grade sport climbing destinations.
Costa Vertical is operating out of Sella and Finestrat and Tony Pearson even owns one of the crags mentioned in the BMC article.The topo is available on our website here.
So, don’t hesitate to contact us. We will organize an unforgettable climbing holiday for you in the Costa Blanca – it doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or experienced climber.
Enjoy reading the two articles and we hope they convince you to visit.
End of the climbing season in the Costa Blanca. The second van – see above – is heading North as well. If you spot one of our vans till August 14th, take a photo, send it to our e-mail or post it on our “Facebook“-page with the place you spotted it and claim your discount. The 10% discount is valid on all offers you’ll find on “our offer” page from September 2015 onwards.
If you spot both vans together we might have a surprise for you.
We wish you luck and hope to see y
ou next season.
Happy spotting!
One of our shorter walks we offer is the “Barranc del Cint”. From the Alcoy side a large canyon forms a natural gateway into the “Sierra de la Mariola” mountain range.
The Gateway into the “Sierra de la Mariola”
During our walk through the canyon vultures accompanied us. Spotting vultures in the “Barranc del Cint” is nearly a guarantee and we really enjoyed those big birds soaring above our heads. Continue Reading →
Today we are happy to release an updated “La Moleta” topo incl. the three sectors “New Year’s Day”, “Bear” and “Doggy Guantanamo”. “New Year’s Day” offers unpolished easy routes and it’s ideal for beginners and for warming up for the other sectors. The routes in “Bear” are short and therefore tricky with technical climbing on tufa blobs and slabs. “Doggy Guantanamo” offers long routes from V+ to 7b+ on high quality rock and great features. All sectors are definitely worth a visit and you can easily spend a full day or more in the area.
As temperatures are rising here at the Costa Blanca we decided to cool down a little bit and moved our office for a day into the “Barranco de Relleu” – an impressive canyon which connects the old “Embalse de Relleu” built in the 17th century with the modern “Embalse de Amadorio” of Orxeta.
The walk-in
As it hasn’t properly rained for weeks and the “Embalse de Amadorio” is at quite low levels we were warned that we might have to fight mud instead of water. But, the Costa Blanca is full of surprises, Continue Reading →
As a rock climber you’ll always remember your first steps outdoors. So does our friend and supporter Katja Rudolph who describes her first climbing adventure with us on her blog “Travel and Life“. Enjoy reading her article “Rock Climbing at Costa Blanca with Costa Vertical“. Thanks to Katja for the great article and we’re sorry that we can’t provide it in English.
Chulilla seen from the opposite side of the gorge.
This weekend the Costa Vertical team and friends took a trip up north to Chulilla. It is located about an hour inland from Valencia along the CV-35, and 2.5 hours from Finestrat.
One of the bridges that cross the Rio Turia
The first day there we took a walk from the Dam down through the gorge to the village to get a feel for the area. The gorge is impressive with towering walls on both sides up to 80m above a meandering river that runs through the bottom. There is a very well way-marked path through the gorge to the village, this crosses the river a number of times via bridges. This path was originally used by the villagers to get to the dam to work on its construction. Continue Reading →
Castillo de Cocentaina at sunrise
At the end of January we decided to go inland and to discover the area around Cocentaina and Alcoy. There the Sierra de Mariola and its surrounding nature park rewards the visitor with splendid views towards the highest mountain of the Costa Blanca, the Aitana at 1558 m, and towards the Mediterranean. Furthermore, the nature park is known for its extraordinary flora, especially medicinal herbs, trees and plants. Continue Reading →