El Salto (climbing area)
El Salto is a rock climbing area in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, in Northeastern Mexico.[1] The climbing area is near to Ciénega de González village, Santiago municipality, 60 km away from Monterrey.[2] El Salto is one of the few climbing areas in northern Mexico where overhanging limestone full of tufa can be found.[3] The Las Animas wall can be reached by foot from the town Cienega de Gonzalez.[4] The name “El Salto” refers to a waterfall near the climbing area.
Climbing features
[edit]- Las Animas, with grades from 5.11B to 5.13d.[5]
- La Cueva del Tecolote, with Grades from 5.11C to 5.14B.
External links
[edit]- (in Spanish) Fotografias el Salto
References
[edit]- ^ "Climbing: El Chaman Loco, El Salto, Mexico". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "Rock Climbing in El Salto, Nuevo Leon". Mountain Project. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ gripped (2019-01-09). "El Salto: A Mexican Wall to be Stoked About". Gripped Magazine. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "El Salto; C.d.G., Sport climbing". theCrag. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "El Salto!". Joe Stock. 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2024-08-06.