SPORT CLIMBING
Guidebook: Escalada en Tenerife
Language: español, English
Price: 28,00€ published in December 2019
Areas: Fasnia, La Galeria, Tamadaya, Planeta Zarza, Arico, Los
naranjos, La Fuente, Fantasma, Hoyo, El Rio, Zona Zero, Las Barbas
de San Pedro, Las Vegas, Las Palomas, La Martela, Guaria, El
Capricho
Text and graphics: Erik Baquero, Elena Martínez Purriños, Inés
Tudela, Xavier Brey
Comments: This guide contains almost 1.300 routes of all
difficulties. They are spread amongst 17 sectors (crags). The majority
are in the South of the Island which makes the Abona region the
reference for climbing in Tenerife. Forgotten sectors have been re-
established, other more known sectors have been updated, and
new sectors have been established in recent years.
Updates & Erratas: www.tenerifeclimbingguide.com
RENTAL
OCÚN PRO SHOP
TENERIFE HAS IT ALL
Click on the button of your favourite and get all the info you might need.
Roxtar is mostly involved in supporting bolting and maintenance
of sport climbing routes. There are thousands of routes on the
island, and you will find the most important ones in our (new)
guidebook.
New areas are developed on a daily basis, and we might have
some interesting surprises up our sleeves when you visit the
roxtore.
Looking for easy grades?
Do not worry there is more than enough to climb in Tenerife, in the
(new) climbing guide has 290 routes with a grade of 6A or less.
You might have to change to a different area from day to day, but
isn’t that part of the climbing adventure?
‘Support the local climbing community’
CLIMBING TENERIFE
ADDRESS
Calle La Asomadita 8 bajo
38580 Villa de Arico
E-Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Mon-Sat: 10h-14h/ 15h-18h
CLOSED FROM 15.06-15.09
SPORT CLIMBING
GUIDEBOOKS:
OLDER GUIDEBOOKS:
SPORT CLIMBING
Guidebook: Tenerife Escalada Deportiva
Language: español, English
Price: Sold Out, published in June 2010 / 3rd edition December
2015
Areas: Cañada del Capricho, Guaria (Guia de Isora), Arico, Los
Naranjos, El Río, Zona Zero, Las Vegas, La Galería, Tabares,
Vistamar, Martiánez (CLOSED), San Marcos (Areas in the North
of the Island which are not in the new guidebook)
SPORT CLIMBING
Guidebook: Escaladas en Arico
Language: español, English
Price: Sold Out, published in 2007
Areas: Arico Ortiz, Los Naranjos, El Río, Las Vegas, El Sótano, Zona
Zero, El Saltadero, La óveda, El Hoyo, Las Bóvedas, La Galería, Arico
Nuevo, El Porís
Permits:
Important! To be able to climb in Guaria or El Roquito de
Jama you need to apply for a permit.
Clicking here you can complete the form that lets you climb
in one of those two areas
https://centralreservas.tenerife.es/?a=4
Risco de Guaria: max. 70 pers./day, max. 90 days in advance.
El Roquito (Roque de Jama): max 10 pers./day, max. 90 days
in advance.
The permit is free, will inform you about the regulations for
those protected areas and is only valid for the day you apply
for.
The climbing area of Martiánez is permanently closed.
Welcome to boulder paradise!
In Tenerife we have a huge number of boulder problems of all
difficulties and the 3 main boulder areas can be found at a short
driving distance from the Roxtore: Arico Nuevo, Arico Ortiz and El
Poris.
Want to go bouldering for a day or have an all-boulder vacation?
Everything is possible and you will definitely have a fantastic time.
Also deep water soloing is an option, more info in the guidebook
section.
Rent a crash pad at the Roxtore where we can also help you with
chalk, brushes, ClimbOn, tape and Some more tips.
BOULDERING
BOULDERING
Online: 27Crags
Probably the most complete digital boulder guidebook/app
available.
For most boulder areas/problems you need a Premium subscription:
8,90€/month
https://27crags.com/premium
10 Areas (575 problems): El Poris (69), Arico Nuevo (247), Arico Ortiz
(130), Teguedite (32), San Marcos (54), Escenario (15), Tejina (12), La
Cala (7), Las Palomas (4), Teno -deepwater- (5)
Not our favourite, but we are living in the digital era and are afraid
that we will have a adapt sooner or later.
GUIDEBOOKS:
OLDER GUIDEBOOKS:
BOULDERING
Guidebook: Arico Nuevo
Guiapirata: free guide made by Acaymo del Pino y Marcos
Rodríguez (owner of the Basalto climbing shop in La Laguna). The
guide is nearly 10 years old, but the boulders have not moved.
Beware, Marcos’ grading is pretty hard!
BOULDERING
Guidebook: Arico Ortiz
Small guide of the area made quite a few years ago in
collaboration with Walter Goller.
If you like trad and/or multi-pitching you are definitely in the right
place, but infos are old or hard to find.
Some interesting facts:
-multipitch: be able to build a belay point or even better: Hire a
guide from our climbing school to go with you and live an
unforgettable experience.
-The Tenerife climbing guide is a sport climbing guide, but if
there are trad routes in the crag, you will also find them in the
guide. For ex.: Tamadaya 56 easy routes, 12 of them are trad and
are marked in yellow / autoprotección. Routes in the guidebook
are mostly 1 pitch and have an installed anchor point.
-we have a folder in the Roxtore with all the info we could find,
feel free to consult it and take pictures.
-most important areas/rocks: Parque nacional del Teide (La
Catedral, …), Roque de Enmedio, Roque las Ánimas, Roque Negro,
…
-If you want to prepare your trip, have a look at this blog (in
Spanish) with several topos:
http://anuestraputabolacroquis.blogspot.com/
-Need a few more cams? We stock cams from Black Diamond
(Camalot C4, Z4), DMM (Dragon, Dragonfly) and Alien (Classic,
Revolution) and give you a 20% discount on the recommended
sales price.
TRAD CLIMBING
First contact with real rock? Not really sure about your capabilities?
Want to improve your climbing in a minimum of time? Want to
take a course? Need a climbing partner? Looking for a great
experience?,... all of these are perfect reasons to get in touch with
the guys from our climbing school.
The school’s guides and instructors are accredited climbing
instructors at national and international level and belong to the
Spanish Association of Mountain Guides.
Levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced
Types of climbing: sport, trad, aid and boulder
Hours per day: 4 or 6
Activity: instruction, physical and/or mental training, guiding, …
Meeting point for all activities is at the Tenerife Climbing
House/Roxtore, Calle la Asomadita 8, 38580 Villa de Arico
…or for a little extra we pick you up from your hotel.
For further questions send us an email: ocho@roxtar.es
CLIMBING SCHOOL
VIDEOS
Volume 1 / Arico: In this episode we will discover Tenerife and
especially the village of Arico. Where one finds all a climber might
need for a perfect stay: Hostel, apartments, climbing shop or nice
restaurants all at walking distance.
Volume 2 / Polegre: We visit the climbing area called Polegre
nearby Arico. Climbing spot nearby the parking. Perfect for
families. …
Volume 3 / Poris de Abona: In this episode we visit the climbing &
boulder area called Poris de Abona near the coast of Arico. A
beautiful spot close to the parking & perfect for families and bigger
groups.
Volume 4 / Tamadaya: In this episode we visit the climbing area
near Arico called Tamadaya. Perfect spot near the parking &
perfect for families and bigger groups.
CLIMBING
TENERIFE
OLDER GUIDEBOOKS:
GUIDEBOOKS:
BOULDERING
‘Support the local climbing community’
TENERIFE HAS IT ALL
Click on the button of your favourite and get
all the info you might need.
SPORT CLIMBING
ADDRESS
Calle La Asomadita 8 bajo
38580 Villa de Arico
E-Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Mon-Sat: 10h-14h/ 15h-18h
CLOSED FROM 15.06-15.09
Roxtar is mostly involved in supporting bolting and
maintenance of sport climbing routes. There are thousands of
routes on the island, and you will find the most important ones
in our (new) guidebook.
New areas are developed on a daily basis, and we might have
some interesting surprises up our sleeves when you visit the
roxtore.
Looking for easy grades?
Do not worry there is more than enough to climb in Tenerife, in
the (new) climbing guide has 290 routes with a grade of 6A or
less. You might have to change to a different area from day to
day, but isn’t that part of the climbing adventure?
SPORT CLIMBING
Guidebook: Escalada en Tenerife
Language: español, English
Price: 28,00€ published in December 2019
Areas: Fasnia, La Galeria, Tamadaya, Planeta Zarza, Arico, Los
naranjos, La Fuente, Fantasma, Hoyo, El Rio, Zona Zero, Las
Barbas de San Pedro, Las Vegas, Las Palomas, La Martela,
Guaria, El Capricho
Text and graphics: Erik Baquero, Elena Martínez Purriños, Inés
Tudela, Xavier Brey
Comments: This guide contains almost 1.300 routes of all
difficulties. They are spread amongst 17 sectors (crags). The
majority are in the South of the Island which makes the Abona
region the reference for climbing in Tenerife. Forgotten sectors
have been re-established, other more known sectors have been
updated, and new sectors have been established in recent
years.
Updates & Erratas: www.tenerifeclimbingguide.com
SPORT CLIMBING
Guidebook: Tenerife Escalada Deportiva
Language: español, English
Price: Sold Out, published in June 2010 / 3rd edition December
2015
Areas: Cañada del Capricho, Guaria (Guia de Isora), Arico, Los
Naranjos, El Río, Zona Zero, Las Vegas, La Galería, Tabares,
Vistamar, Martiánez (CLOSED), San Marcos (Areas in the
North of the Island which are not in the new guidebook)
SPORT CLIMBING
Guidebook: Escaladas en Arico
Language: español, English
Price: Sold Out, published in 2007
Areas: Arico Ortiz, Los Naranjos, El Río, Las Vegas, El Sótano,
Zona Zero, El Saltadero, La óveda, El Hoyo, Las Bóvedas, La
Galería, Arico Nuevo, El Porís
Permits:
Important! To be able to climb in Guaria or El Roquito de
Jama you need to apply for a permit.
Clicking here you can complete the form that lets you climb
in one of those two areas
https://centralreservas.tenerife.es/?a=4
Risco de Guaria: max. 70 pers./day, max. 90 days in advance.
El Roquito (Roque de Jama): max 10 pers./day, max. 90 days
in advance.
The permit is free, will inform you about the regulations for
those protected areas and is only valid for the day you apply
for.
The climbing area of Martiánez is permanently closed.
Welcome to boulder paradise!
In Tenerife we have a huge number of boulder problems of all
difficulties and the 3 main boulder areas can be found at a short
driving distance from the Roxtore: Arico Nuevo, Arico Ortiz and
El Poris.
Want to go bouldering for a day or have an all-boulder vacation?
Everything is possible and you will definitely have a fantastic
time.
Also deep water soloing is an option, more info in the
guidebook section.
Rent a crash pad at the Roxtore where we can also help you
with chalk, brushes, ClimbOn, tape and Some more tips.
BOULDERING
Online: 27Crags
Probably the most complete digital boulder guidebook/app
available.
For most boulder areas/problems you need a Premium
subscription: 8,90€/month
https://27crags.com/premium
10 Areas (575 problems): El Poris (69), Arico Nuevo (247), Arico
Ortiz (130), Teguedite (32), San Marcos (54), Escenario (15), Tejina
(12), La Cala (7), Las Palomas (4), Teno -deepwater- (5)
Not our favourite, but we are living in the digital era and are
afraid that we will have a adapt sooner or later.
GUIDEBOOKS:
OLDER GUIDEBOOKS:
BOULDERING
Guidebook: Arico Nuevo
Guiapirata: free guide made by Acaymo del Pino y Marcos
Rodríguez (owner of the Basalto climbing shop in La Laguna).
The guide is nearly 10 years old, but the boulders have not
moved. Beware, Marcos’ grading is pretty hard!
BOULDERING
Guidebook: Arico Ortiz
Small guide of the area made quite a few years ago in
collaboration with Walter Goller.
If you like trad and/or multi-pitching you are definitely in the
right place, but infos are old or hard to find.
Some interesting facts:
-multipitch: be able to build a belay point or even better: Hire a
guide from our climbing school to go with you and live an
unforgettable experience.
-The Tenerife climbing guide is a sport climbing guide, but if
there are trad routes in the crag, you will also find them in the
guide. For ex.: Tamadaya 56 easy routes, 12 of them are trad and
are marked in yellow / autoprotección. Routes in the guidebook
are mostly 1 pitch and have an installed anchor point.
-we have a folder in the Roxtore with all the info we could find,
feel free to consult it and take pictures.
-most important areas/rocks: Parque nacional del Teide (La
Catedral, …), Roque de Enmedio, Roque las Ánimas, Roque
Negro, …
-If you want to prepare your trip, have a look at this blog (in
Spanish) with several topos:
http://anuestraputabolacroquis.blogspot.com/
-Need a few more cams? We stock cams from Black Diamond
(Camalot C4, Z4), DMM (Dragon, Dragonfly) and Alien (Classic,
Revolution) and give you a 20% discount on the recommended
sales price.
First contact with real rock? Not really sure about your
capabilities? Want to improve your climbing in a minimum of
time? Want to take a course? Need a climbing partner?
Looking for a great experience?,... all of these are perfect reasons
to get in touch with the guys from our climbing school.
The school’s guides and instructors are accredited climbing
instructors at national and international level and belong to the
Spanish Association of Mountain Guides.
Levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced
Types of climbing: sport, trad, aid and boulder
Hours per day: 4 or 6
Activity: instruction, physical and/or mental training, guiding, …
Meeting point for all activities is at the Tenerife Climbing
House/Roxtore, Calle la Asomadita 8, 38580 Villa de Arico
…or for a little extra we pick you up from your hotel.
For further questions send us an email: ocho@roxtar.es
TRAD CLIMBING
CLIMBING SCHOOL
Volume 1 / Arico: In this episode we will discover Tenerife and
especially the village of Arico. Where one finds all a climber might
need for a perfect stay: Hostel, apartments, climbing shop or nice
restaurants all at walking distance.
Volume 2 / Polegre: We visit the climbing area called Polegre
nearby Arico. Climbing spot nearby the parking. Perfect for
families. …
Volume 3 / Poris de Abona: In this episode we visit the climbing &
boulder area called Poris de Abona near the coast of Arico. A
beautiful spot close to the parking & perfect for families and bigger
groups.
VIDEOS
OCÚN PRO SHOP
Volume 4 / Tamadaya: In this episode we visit the climbing area
near Arico called Tamadaya. Perfect spot near the parking &
perfect for families and bigger groups.
