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El Chorro

Sport climbing near Álora, Andalusia, Spain. The rope and quickdraws to bring, and the send-temps forecast.

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What to bring

Bring a 70 m rope. It lowers off 84% of the 800 sport pitches listed here.

About 16 quickdraws. Few pitches here list their bolts, so that's estimated from pitch length.

What each rope covers

  • 50 m45%
  • 60 m64%
  • 70 m84%
  • 80 m94%
Median
22 m
Most common
30 m
Longest pitch
50 m

Plenty of pitches across the grades are over 30 m, so bring a 70 m. The odd hard route needs 80 m.

Source: ukclimbing.com

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

Conditions

Rope & draws

Bring

70m

Covers 84% of pitches

Draws

~16

Your 70 m covers 84% of pitches

Median
22 m
Most common
30 m
Longest pitch
50 m

Draws: Estimate: about 1 bolt per 2.5 m

Plenty of pitches across the grades are over 30 m, so bring a 70 m. The odd hard route needs 80 m.

Your 70 m lowers off 84% of pitches here (up to ~30 m). Check the topo for longer ones and knot the end.
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Rope length

Route height (ground to anchor)

30m

Rope reaches

10 m of rope to spare.

Needed 60 mRope 70 m

Longest route or pitch

35 m

Comfortably ~30 m

  • •Knot the belayer’s end.
  • •Watch the middle mark.
  • •Topo heights are estimates.
  • •Traverses and roofs use extra rope.

Longest pitches at El Chorro

  1. ?6c50 m–
  2. Seco y Pedro Right6c50 m–
  3. Valaska7c/c+50 m–
  4. Sucias artimañas7a48 m–
  5. Compacteibol6b+45 m–

Rope by wall

The shortest rope that lowers off 90% of a wall's pitches (80 m where none does), and the share it covers.

WallRopeLongest
Desplomilandia222 pitches80 mcovers 95%43 m
Frontales206 pitches80 mcovers 88%50 m
Escaleras111 pitches80 mcovers 99%40 m
Encantadas Area78 pitches70 mcovers 95%35 m
Valle de Abdalajis57 pitches80 mcovers 86%50 m
Rocabella33 pitches50 mcovers 100%20 m
Makinodromo30 pitches80 mcovers 97%40 m
Caliza23 pitches60 mcovers 100%25 m
Primer Cañon17 pitches70 mcovers 100%30 m
Corral East12 pitches80 mcovers 92%40 m

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

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