Situation:
About 60 km south of Santander
Climate: At
an elevation of about 1200 m. In winter snow can make the bouldering difficult,
but the high altitude can offer good conditions in summer!
Rock: Hard,
dark sandstone
Topo: Gadea
Y+ - Santa Gadea, Las Tuerces, Resconorio (out of print).
Boulder problems
About 100 problems 2 - 8a in mainly 2 sectors
2 - 5+ : 32
6a - 6c+ : 38
7a - 7c+ : 20
8a : 1
Projects and others: 7
For the following photos we say a big "Thank you!" to the authors of the bouldering guidebook "Gadea Y+" as well as to their friends!
The landscape in Resconorio with its stone-walls, green meadows and sandstone cliffs remembers a lot to the bouldering areas in the Peak District © photo: Javier Meng |
Pablo Honrado, "El doblador de esquinas" (7b/b+) © photo: Javier Meng |
Jose Manuel Arce, "El Incidente Dresden" (7b) © photo: María Alonso |
José Ramón Pérez, "El corodecota" (7a) © photo: Rafael Gómez |
María Alonso, "El Chicharro" (6a+) © photo: Javier Meng |
Pablo Honrado, "Si me va a mata..." (7a+) © photo: Javier Meng |
Javier Meng, "Hasta el rabo todo es toro" (6b+) © photo: María Alonso |
Javier Meng in the hardest problem of Resconorio "Ojos de matar" (8a) © photo: María Alonso |
Javier Meng, "Blue Chip" (6c) © photo: Rodrigo Rodríguez |
Rodrigo Rodríguez, "Esquinas Torres" (6c) © photo: Javier Meng |