Climbing at Las Retuertas

8 routes on 2 walls, 5–6b+. In Madrid, Community of Madrid. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

See the Friction Score in the app The grades

Routes

Walls

Grades

5–6b+

Rock

Granite

Style

Sport

Best season (estimated)

April–June · September–October

// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5 to 6b+. Half are between 5+ and 6a+.

Each climb counts at its grade; ungraded ones are left out. In the app you can switch to YDS, V-scale, UIAA or British grades.

// The walls

Sun and shade

Walls face several ways: pick the sector for sun or shade at any hour.

North0 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast1 sectorSouth0 sectorsSouthwest0 sectorsWest1 sectorNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: April–June · September–October. Worked out from each wall's aspect and the latitude; the app fine-tunes it with what climbers log.

South-facing wall

S · aspect 180°

Example

Excellent

★ best at 6 PM

12a6a12p6p11p

57°

Temp

41%

Humidity

Wind

Sun

Wall

Friction ScoreHow the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall. In the app, for every crag on the map. See it in the app →ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

// From the air

Las Retuertas from above

Aerial photo of the Las Retuertas area — 2 walls in this area. Each one, with its approach and topo, in the app. Orthophoto: PNOA courtesy of © Instituto Geográfico Nacional (CC BY 4.0).

// Where it is

On the map

COMMUNITY OF MADRID · 45 CRAGS WITHIN 25 MI · Orthophoto: PNOA courtesy of © Instituto Geográfico Nacional (CC BY 4.0)

// Nearby

Crags nearby

01Peñas Lisas5–7a · Granite · Sport0 mi · 15 routes 02La Majadilla Verde4–6b+ · Granite · Sport1 mi · 18 routes 03Peña del Sol4c–7b+ · Granite · Sport2 mi · 19 routes 04Las Dehesas · La Colmena5+–7C · Bouldering2 mi · 6 boulders 05Peña Pintada4–8b+ · Granite · Sport · Trad2 mi · 60 routes 06Peña Horcón4+–6c+ · Granite · Trad · Mixed trad2 mi · 13 routes 07Meño5+–8a · Granite · Sport3 mi · 21 routes 081ª Aguja4–7b · Granite · Sport3 mi · 23 routes

// The Friction Score for every crag

Climb more. Guess less.

When the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall; topos, your logbook and people to climb with. In your units (°F or °C) and your grades (YDS or French). The social side is free, always.