Below we are listing the official Granada climbing areas for you, ordered by distance from our house 😉
But there are more great climbing spots closeby, which officially belong to the areas of Malaga or Jaen and are also just a one hour drive away, which makes them definitely an option for a full day of climbing. There is for example the huge sector of Reguchillo, or the famous area of Villanueva del Rosario, which got worldwide attention thanks to it´s 82 meter long 9b “Chilam Balam”.
Legend
- - time to drive from Cogollos Vega in minutes (min) or hours (h)
- - time for approach from parking in minutes (min)
- - Best seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter)
- Wall orientation(s): East/South/West/North
- Max. height of sport climbs in meters (m)
- Percentage of routes up to 5+ (UIAA: up to VI)
- Percentage of routes between 6a and 6b+ (UIAA: VI+ to VII+)
- Percentage of routes between 6c and 7a+ (UIAA: VIII- to IX-)
- Percentage of routes between 7b and 7c+ (UIAA: IX to IX+)
- Percentage of routes between 8a and 9a (UIAA: X- to XI)
Alfacar (26 sectors / ~360 routes)
- 10 min
- 3 - 15 min
- E/S/W
- 30 m (+Multipitches)
- 23 %
- 48 %
- 14 %
- 11 %
- 1 %
Los Cahorros (25 sectors / ~280 routes)
- 30 min
- 15 - 30 min
- E/S/W/N
- 35 m (+Multipitches)
- 21 %
- 48 %
- 18 %
- 7 %
- 1 %
Peña Cabrera (6 sectors / ~60 routes)
- 30 min
- 15 - 20 min
- S
- 30 m
- 25 %
- 30 %
- 23 %
- 8 %
- 3 %
Nigüelas (10 sectors / ~100 routes)
- 40 min
- 15-20 min
- S (but shady!)
- 30 m
- 33 %
- 30 %
- 14 %
- 11 %
- -

Piñar (3 sectors / ~90 routes)
- 40 min
- 5 - 15 min
- E/N
- ?? m
- 1 %
- 13 %
- 23 %
- 43 %
- 13 %
Loja (12 sectors / ~250 routes)
- No climbing in "Zorreras Altas y Bajas" between January and June due to endangered bird nesting.
- 45 min
- 1 - 14 min
- E/S
- 35 m
- 7 %
- 20 %
- 23 %
- 27 %
- 11 %
Los Vados (19 sectors / ~280 routes)
- No climbing due to endangered bird nesting in those sectors:
- “Tajo del Canal”, “Limbico” and “Carretera”: no climbing between 01.01. – 15.06.
- “Tajo de la Virgen”: no climbing between 15.11. – 15.06.
- 45 min
- 1 - 30 min
- E/S/W/N
- 40 m (+ Multipitches)
- 11 %
- 31 %
- 19 %
- 23 %
- 10 %

Lanjaron (4 sectors / ~35 routes)
- 50 min
- 10 min
- E/S/W
- 30 m
- 47 %
- 29 %
- 9 %
- -
- -

Rambla seca (1 sectors / ~10 routes)
- 50 min
- 10 min
- S
- 15 m
- -
- 10 %
- 20 %
- 40 %
- 30 %

Lagos (6 sectors / ~60 routes)
- 1 h
- 2 - 10 min
- E
- 25 m
- 2 %
- 7 %
- 34 %
- 38 %
- 20 %

Cerro Toro, Motril (4 sectors / ~40 routes)
- 1 h
- ? min
- ?
- E/S/W/N ?
- ? m
- 8 %
- 32 %
- 26 %
- 24 %
- 11 %

Capileira (4 sectors / ~40 routes)
- 1,5 h
- 5-10 min
- S/W
- 20 m
- 47 %
- 29 %
- 21 %
- -
- -
Missing information – help welcome!
We know of a few more sectors, about which we unfortunately don`t have any closer information.
Those are:
- Pinos del Valle
- Viznar
If you know something, feel free to contact us and let us know 🙂
How to behave – Do`s and Dont`s
Even if most climbers are quite conscious, in big groups you can quickly forget about the basic rules… and if we don`t respect the environment or the local conditions, at some point there will be restrictions, people will close access to walls on private properties, or things like that. None of us wants that.
- Please park on the recommended parking spaces and not as close to the wall as possible! You`re a climber, you can do 5 minutes more of ascent, right? 😉
- Leave no trace! Take your trash back home. You carried it to the place with content, it should be easier to carry it back empty, no? That includes also cigarette butts and food leftovers like banana peels etc.
- Use the proper path, even if it takes a bit longer! Find cairns and follow them, don`t enter prohibited areas, don`t walk through nowhere land and kill plants on the way. Please.
- If you need to do your business somewhere: go off-path, cover it at least a bit with leaves or soil and don`t leave toilet paper or tissues behind, but put them in a trash bag and take it back out.
- Respect restrictions on climbing in certain areas and times! They always have a good reason for example nesting of endangered birds. You can find the local restrictions for Granada sectors on the respective sectors in our overview.