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Anybody climbed at Marin (Costa Blanca) ?

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The RigPig 04 Apr 2007

Heading to the Costa Blanca, in the first week of may for a weeks climbing in the sun and am considering Marin as one of our main venues. Anyone been or heard good/bad stuff about the place, i have the costa blanca guide book but just wanted to hear it from the horses mouth, so to speak.
Cheers,Nath

Max factor 04 Apr 2007

In reply to Nath-is-a-legend:

It's a good crag for easy grades-multipitches in the 4 and 5 grades. The crag is quite exposed up on a hill and gets lots of sun- there isn't much shade- so good in winter but too hot on sunny days I'd have thought.

If you have the old Rockfax, it doesn't list a newer section on the LHS of the crag, which generally has harder routes 6A to 6c, good routes.

Would reckon a good fast party will get 2 good days climbing here, but maybe not the best for a main base as it isn't close to other crags and the area is quite industrial.

BALD EAGLE 04 Apr 2007

In reply to Nath-is-a-legend:

Yep.Went there at the end of Dec 06.About 50 mins drive from Alicante airport.It was a lovely sunny day climbing in a T shirt.I suspect it gets too "scorchio" in the summer but superb climbing esp for the those in the lower grades!
http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.php?id=59605

Cheers

Dave

KeithW 04 Apr 2007

In reply to Nath-is-a-legend:

Good routes but not very scenic. Surrounded by factories, yards, retail complexes etc.

Chris Tan Ver. XLIX SP2 04 Apr 2007

In reply to Nath-is-a-legend:

Very good, sunny but can be windy.

Low grade multi-pitch sport as well as very steep single pitch stuff in the higher grades. There are two buttresses separated by a col. Lovely rock.

S Andrew 04 Apr 2007

In reply to Nath-is-a-legend:

It's quite nice. Not as industrial as some are suggesting - the big warehouses are a couple of miles away in the valley. There's lots of actual scenery too.

2 crag sectors - RH multi-pitch and largely sub-6a. LH single pitch largely 6a upwards.

And Sax, Forada and Reconco are all within about a half-hours drive

Chris the Tall 04 Apr 2007

In reply to Nath-is-a-legend:
It's a great crag, had a lovely day there in November. Lots of easy 2 pitch routes (although many can be done in a single pitch), and then some harder single pitch routes over to the left.

Did 7 2 pitch routes (one twice, second time solo to retreive a rope! - http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.php?id=61474) and a couple of the single pitch routes. And boy were my fingers sore at the end of the day !

Simon Caldwell 04 Apr 2007

In reply to KeithW:

> Good routes but not very scenic. Surrounded by factories, yards, retail complexes etc

Are there 2 crags called Marin? The one I've been to (3 times so far) has superb views. Here's one of them.
http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.php?id=12722

Loads of good low grade routes, mostly 2 pitch. And there are other crags fairly close, Pena Rubia for instance, and there are others that I've not been to (eg Forada I think).