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Oliana

Sport climbing in Catalonia, Spain. The rope and quickdraws to bring, and the send-temps forecast.

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What to bring

Bring an 80 m rope. It lowers off 68% of the 78 sport pitches listed here.

About 22 quickdraws. No pitches here list their bolts, so that's estimated from pitch length.

What each rope covers

  • 50 m22%
  • 60 m42%
  • 70 m50%
  • 80 m68%
Median
31 m
Most common
45 m
Longest pitch
50 m

Half the routes are over 30 m, and some overhanging routes reach 50 m. Check the topo before you tie in.

Source: worldclassacademy.com

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

Conditions

Rope & draws

Bring

80m

Covers 68% of pitches

Draws

~22

Your 70 m covers only 50%

Median
31 m
Most common
45 m
Longest pitch
50 m

Draws: Estimate: about 1 bolt per 2.5 m

Half the routes are over 30 m, and some overhanging routes reach 50 m. Check the topo before you tie in.

Your 70 m only lowers off 50% of pitches here (up to ~30 m). Bring 80 m.
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Check a specific route

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 Oliana

  1. Blanquita8c+50 m–
  2. El gran blau8c50 m–
  3. Fish eye8c50 m–
  4. Gorilas en la niebla8b+50 m–
  5. La Dura Dura9b+50 m–

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

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