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The best climbing at Alcalalí is on the wide central section. This starts with some slabs and walls on the left before steepening up in the middle. Guidebook page 357.

Route (click for voting and user comments)		Symbols	Grade
1	Bull-Tucker Trial Climb up and left to a high first bolt. Continue up grooves and ribs on great rock to a high lower-off.	2 Stars	5
2	Synnove Climb direct using good side-pulls on the crux. Interesting moves and slightly spaced bolts.	2 Stars	5
3	Lilac Wine Climb to a small orange hollow, then continue to the bulge and skirt left to pass this. Use the lower-off on the previous...	1 Stars	6a
4	Recessed Slab & Crack Climb the recessed slab to gain the wall and then the foot of a steep crack. Up this to a high pocket on the left, then move...	2 Stars Pumpy	6a
5	Hola Patricia Climb a shallow left-facing corner behind a tree to easier ground. Continue up a steep wall. A short crack on the left gains...	1 Stars	5+
6	Gilyeat's Hammer The route follows a discontinuous rib starting up a short crack The lower-off is shared with the next route.	1 Stars	5
7	Mono-Slabic Climb easily to a fine slab high on the face and up the centre of this with interest.	2 Stars Technical	6a
8	Hedgehog Climb to a ledge right of a sawn stump, then, from the 4th bolt, make a tricky move up and right to a ledge. Move back left up...	1 Stars	5
9	Hogswatch Start below a couple of trees on the face. Climb a slab, pull onto the steeper wall to access a groove. Pull over the roof and...	1 Stars	5+
10	Hogfather Climb up into the scoop and exit left next to the tree. Climb a shallow, flaky groove over an overlap and then step right onto...	2 Stars	5+
11	Tasha Mitica Start as for the previous route, but keep right and climb the wall with increasing difficulty trending slightly leftwards. Pull... 6 user comments	2 Stars	4+
12	Primero	1 Stars	3+
13	Ceder o no Ceder	1 Stars	4
14	Ainee Two short pitches or one long one. There are only a couple of bolts in the upper pitch, a few nuts and/or slings might help... 1 user comment	2 Stars Fluttery	4+
15	Beginners' Rib A nice line right again (just left of the name Ainee) on great rock.	1 Stars	4
16	Spare Rib A steep start is a challenge, though there are good holds round right. Keep left until a move right gains the shared lower-off.	1 Stars	4+
17	Ribeye Climb the rib (easier on the left) then follow it to a step left at half height. Nice rock and climbing.	2 Stars	4+
18	Cornered Bridge up the corner to the left of the bolts to the bulge, pull out right on good holds.	1 Stars	4+
19	Deep Pockets Climb the wall 2m right of the corner, moving left to the lower-off. A bit of an eliminate.	Technical	5
20	Stohlwitter Start at the name. Climb the steep red groove to the bulges. Climb direct, or improvise out right, then continue past a big... 4 user comments	1 Stars Strong Pumpy	6a
21	Optas The sharp grey wall to the right has a tricky bulge at the top.	1 Stars Crimpy	6a+
22	Yorkshire Lads This takes the slab and left-hand tufa on the cleaner wall.	2 Stars Technical Pumpy	6b
23	Windle Poons The tufa and wall left of Elendigliches. Popular and good, but awkwardly bolted and quite often wet. 9 user comments	2 Stars Reachy Crimpy	6c
24	Elendigliches Top 50 Start at the name. Climb rightwards to the pocket line. From the top of this, climb the crux wall to ledges (loose rock) then... 16 user comments	3 Stars Reachy Technical	6a+
25	No Tocar Los Bloques Sharp climbing up the grey slab and orange wall.	Crimpy	6c+
26	Diferente Partes Steep and juggy up the striking tufa. Quite low in the grade. 1 user comment	3 Stars Pumpy Crimpy	6c
27	Akram the Terrible Thin and reachy moves up the slab and wall.	3 Stars Reachy	7a
28	Corta y Dulce Up the slab and wall to a choice of finishes, easier on the right but better on the left.	1 Stars	6b
29	La Barra Weave up the orange wall just left of the spike then it gets easier but still interesting above. 1 user comment	2 Stars Reachy Crimpy	6b
30	Esolero From a block, pass an old bolt and climb the face. Passing the bulge above the tufa is the crux, then the jug-fest continues.	1 Stars Technical	6b+
31	De Tomberelo Start right of the base of the ramp and go direct via sustained climbing. If the lower-off is still old, move left and finish...	1 Stars Pumpy	6b
32	40 Thieves Climb the right edge of the initial wall (7b+ direct) then the slab and wall.	2 Stars Technical Crimpy	6c+
33	Cervell de Gel Not very independent climbing.		6b+
34	Cactus Climb The steep wall and groove lead to an exposed finale.	2 Stars Crimpy	6c
35	Stolen Fruit Climb past a prominent scar to easy ground. Tackle the prow and swing right before a move back left to a finishing groove.	3 Stars	7a
36	Heaven Can't Wait Formerly 7b+ (on a different line at the top) but now with more bolts and an easier finish. 6 user comments	3 Stars	7a
37	Alcalali Eighteen The bouldery wall has a few fragile holds and a stopper crux.	Technical	7a+
38	Matrix A graunchy pull with a bold clip.	1 Stars Fluttery	6b+
39	Rosa Parks Two boulder problem bulges, the first with a drilled pocket.	1 Stars Technical	7a
40	Busaba Good moves up the slab and tufas.	2 Stars Reachy	7a
41	Sudoku Devious and a little sharp. 1 user comment	1 Stars Crimpy	6c+
42	Multi-pitch Route The two-pitch climb up the grey wall sees few ascents despite being not bad. 1 user comment	1 Stars Crimpy	6c
43	Alegría de vivir A technical wall. The short extension provides a couple of interesting moves up the yellow scoop.	3 Stars Technical	7a
44	Isaak Junior Thin moves up the yellow streak and a steep bulge.	2 Stars Technical	6c+
45	Cave Route		7b+
46	Escape		6b
47	Super Tufa		7b
48	Bells of Parcent 16m. The lower section features brilliant pulls between big pockets to a finish up the groove. 2 user comments	2 Stars Strong	6b+
49	Orange Pocket 14m. The short one, finish above a little cave. Low in the grade. 1 user comment	2 Stars Strong	6c
50	Elephants Trunk 20m. A hard start up the elephants trunk which is very hard if you climb direct (there is a right-hand variant). Fine climbing... 3 user comments	2 Stars Technical Strong	7a

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