The perennial problem! I’ve been to Todra in December. I thought it was cold and scruffy and the climbing wasn’t that inspiring. I didn’t do very much, the rock is that slightly brittle limestone that seems to occur in desert climates with very hot summers. Morroco is a great place to visit of course.
Second most consistent NY weather of places I’ve been is the Alicante/Valencia area. Shame about the general ambience around Alicante but that doesn’t seem to bother some. Sella wild side has its fans but is above my pay scale.
The most consistent NY weather I’ve found is Tenerife: two trips, four weeks, no rain. Climbing is not amazing.
What's wrong with Margalef/Siurana/Montsant/Chulilla?
I went to Todra BITD and the climbing was pretty rubbish.
OK, so we would like to go sport climbing somewhere we have not been around the mediterranean in late december.We would like quality routes from low sevens to low eights or thereabouts.
QuoteThe most consistent NY weather I’ve found is Tenerife: two trips, four weeks, no rain. Climbing is not amazing.We're embarrassingly picky about the climbing though...
Datça might be an option - if willing to travel to a totalitarian regime.
And so you should be. Put it this way, I don't remember seeing many French climbers there. Plenty of Germans and a scattering of other northern Europeans. The climbing is good if you are a 6s - easy 7s climber and your benchmark is Portland. It also works well if you see it as one compent of a mixed trip (the windsurfing is world-class apparently). Las Canadas, at altitude up near Tiede, is a very attractive spot but the climbing is mostly easy. The other main areas are all in slightly scruffy dry river gorges, routes are mostly quite short, but the rock is rather good pockety volcanic something-or-other.
Quote from: duncan on September 26, 2018, 08:41:17 amAnd so you should be. Put it this way, I don't remember seeing many French climbers there. Plenty of Germans and a scattering of other northern Europeans. The climbing is good if you are a 6s - easy 7s climber and your benchmark is Portland. It also works well if you see it as one compent of a mixed trip (the windsurfing is world-class apparently). Las Canadas, at altitude up near Tiede, is a very attractive spot but the climbing is mostly easy. The other main areas are all in slightly scruffy dry river gorges, routes are mostly quite short, but the rock is rather good pockety volcanic something-or-other.And apparently the trail running around Tiede is incredible "it's like running in the High Sierras of California" so I'm told. Would love to go as the harder bouldering is supposed to be decent.
Hi J, Sardinia is amazing. Closest I’ve been to paradise in Europe. Climbing/landscape-wise is was amazing. Never been there round NY though and a bit hesitant to do so. Had my worst climbing holiday on Corse during NY: 10 days of non-stop rain and everything was closed during the holidays. A bit afraid of experiencing the same on Sardinia.