Morro de Almaida

El Morro de Almaida is a wide area on the slopes of Mount Ponoig, made out of numerous walls and pinnacles which, although quite scattered, host over a hundred climbing routes. The area is divided into several heterogeneous sectors, of which we only describe here the one we consider the most interesting. Located in the upper right-hand part of the area, this sector is formed by a vertical tower about 30 m high called Agulla Gran, which acts as a shield for another steeper wall located just behind it. Here you will find around twenty routes, including excellent vertical walls up to 7b, as well as more physical and overhanging lines reaching the 8th grade, all of them in a beautiful setting with superb views and a pretty peaceful atmosphere.

The history of the crag begins with the ground-up opening of the route Brutal y tal, probably the most obvious line of the sector, started by Vicente Gimeno “Pitu” in the early 2000s and finished from the top by Miguel A. Bravo “Patata.” Later, Bravo himself, along with other developers such as Tono Quintana and “Tubo,” established about a dozen routes, spread between the Agulla Gran and the wall behind it. Despite being featured in climbing magazines such as Desnivel and Escalar, the area then fell into almost-total abandonment until 2020, when Jorge Murcia and other local climbers revived the sector, bolting new routes and restoring old unfinished projects.