Chulilla·Spain
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Chulilla has become a winter staple for the long, vertical endurance pitches on its orange limestone above the Turia gorge — warm and dry when the rest of Europe is frozen. A week disappears fast.
In season: Oct–Apr · Peak: Nov–Mar
Steep-to-vertical stamina climbing on excellent rock, with short approaches from a village given over to climbers. Grades run stiff and the classics get polished and busy in season.
Easy-angled and sunny, the warm-up and first-day option
Where most of the mid-grade classics are
The sector that made Chulilla's name, long vertical endurance pitches
Steep and sustained above the gorge, the hard sector
Fly to Valencia, an hour away, and stay in Chulilla. Bring a 70–80 m rope, plenty of draws and a stick-clip; a guidebook or app sorts the gorge sectors.
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