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The Peñón de Ifach is a 332 m limestone rock that rises straight out of the sea at Calp, a nature park joined to the town by a narrow isthmus. Its south face holds routes of 200 to 300 m; most are adventurous lines that need a rack, but a handful are fully bolted. Calp is the base, on the N-332 and the AP-7 between Alicante and Valencia, and you park by the harbour for the south face. Climbing is normally banned from 1 April to 30 June for nesting birds, and the best conditions are from late autumn to early spring. The polished footpath from the summit through a tunnel to the visitor centre is the way down.
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Peñón de Ifach, Calp · 132 m
| Measure | Jan (usual season) | Feb (usual season) | Mar (usual season) | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct (usual season) | Nov (usual season) | Dec (usual season) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean daily high °C | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 15 |
| Mean daily low °C | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain days 1 mm or more | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
● marks the usual climbing season. Averages for 1991-2020 at about 132 m. Area climate from Open-Meteo reanalysis. Temperatures are adjusted to the height of the crag; rain comes from a grid cell of about 10 to 25 km, and summer highs on sea cliffs can read a few degrees low. The wall and valley can differ. Data: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0.
2 routes
Spain · Costa Blanca (Peñón de Ifach)
The sport classic of the Peñón: a thin slab, a corner crack that steepens into an overhang, a pillar, then a wild exit from a big cave 200 m above the sea. Sustained at 6b with a 6c fifth pitch on polished slopers and a 6c+ last pitch whose crux can be pulled through on a bolt.
6c+7 pitches220 m
Spain · Costa Blanca (Peñón de Ifach)
Nine steep pitches up the wildly sculpted right side of the south face, overhanging almost throughout. Two long 7a pitches open the route and a third comes near the top, and even the 6a+ pitches are athletic. The rock is covered in holds and much less polished than the classics to the left.
7a9 pitches310 m
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