Climbing
Climbing Zones
Valle del Jerte has different climbing zones. We describe the three most popular ones that have an information panel regarding the different routes and their difficulties.
Climbing Zone El Cerro
Map
Ampliación
- Locality: El Torno. Next to La Memoria viewpoint.
- Coordinates: 40.121989, -5.951210
- Access: From the N-110 we take the CV- 51 motorway uphill to El Torno. Before reaching the town, we can see a lay-by to the right with a viewpoint and some anthropomorphic sculptures. This is where information panel on the climbing zone is located.
- Best time of year: It is south facing and the sunny days of winter are very good for climbing here and spring and autumn are better because you can also enjoy the colours of Valle del Jerte.
- Routes, rock and equipment: The rock is unaggressive solid granite; stickable plates with round edges and cracks dominate. They have over 50 routes with varied heights between 19.7 and 52 ft, as well as 20 clean marked blocks. The grade is a guideline and goes from III+ to 8.