Rock Climbing in southwest Mallorca

There are a good number of sport climbing crags around Palma and Valldemossa that are easily accessible from both of these cities.

Map of the rock climbing areas in south western Mallorca

Map of the rock climbing areas in south western Mallorca
Rock climbing areas in Southwest Mallorca
NoCragType of ClimbingTotal RoutesUp to 4 +5 to 6a+6b to 7a7a+ and up
1Can OrtiguesSport192881
2La Vall VerdeSport90531
3Cala LlampSport2225510
4C'an FormigaSport72410
5Puig de GarrafaSport901203138
6Santa PoncaSport80125
7GalileaSport1400212
8CalviaSport1711240
9Ca's CatalaSport2271050
10Sa CanteraSport133631
11Porto PiDWS70232
12Penyal d'es GrauSport170494
13Es VergerSport40011227
14S'estretSport1236294543
15ValldemossaSport603162615
16Sa GubiaSport1386385836
17FraguelSport60161241

The largest crag to the west of Palma is Puig de Garrafa. At this crag there are plenty of excellent routes across several buttresses that offer both sunny and shady options. The crag has easy access with routes across a good spread of grades. The other crags in this area are much smaller but still provide good rock climbing and are often in picturesque locations.


Around Valldemossa there are 3 significant and large crags, which are Sa Gubia, Fraguel, and S’estret. Sa Gubia is the largest crag in Mallorca both in terms of number of routes and its height. There are superb single pitch routes as well as fully bolted multi-pitch routes in a magnificent setting. Fraguel crag has the highest quantity of quality hard routes in Mallorca, mainly on tufas. As such it attracts climber from all over Europe. S’estret is the 2nd largest crag in Mallorca that provides lots of varied climbing on a number of different sectors. Hence it is always possible to find either the sun or shade with routes across a wide range of grades.


The above information has been extracted from the current edition of the Rockfax Mallorca sport climbing and deep water soloing guidebook. This guidebook describes 34 sports climbing areas, and 16 deep water soloing (DWS) areas in Mallorca. Buy the Mallorca rock sport climbing and deep water soloing guidebook from our shop.