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El Salto (climbing area)

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Climbing area in Nuevo Leon
View from the basin of El Salto

El Salto is a rock climbing area in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, in Northeastern Mexico. The climbing area is near to Ciénega de González village, Santiago municipality, 60 km away from Monterrey. El Salto is one of the few climbing areas in northern Mexico where overhanging limestone full of tufa can be found. The Las Animas wall can be reached by foot from the town Cienega de Gonzalez. The name “El Salto” refers to a waterfall near the climbing area.

Climbing sections

  • Las Animas, with grades from 5.11B to 5.13d.
  • La Cueva del Tecolote, with Grades from 5.11C to 5.14B.

References

  1. "Climbing: El Chaman Loco, El Salto, Mexico". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  2. "Rock Climbing in El Salto, Nuevo Leon". Mountain Project. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  3. gripped (2019-01-09). "El Salto: A Mexican Wall to be Stoked About". Gripped Magazine. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  4. "El Salto; C.d.G., Sport climbing". theCrag. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  5. "El Salto!". Joe Stock. 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2024-08-06.

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