Chile

Local climber near santiago.

Chile 

Little by little Chile is becoming a great place for rock climbing. near Santiago and Patagonia,there's a lifetime of new routes waiting to be open, in Santiago there's places for sport and trad. if you like big wall you want to go to cochamo valley. the Yosemite of south America: big wall, bomb proof granite with great crack climbs.

You can find more information here:

www.cochamo.com
www.escalando.cl
www.escalandochile.cl

Getting There 

Once you get to Santiago, you are no more than an hour away from crags, you can get Topos in local climbing shops in Santiago. If you go south, you can either fly or take a bus. Looking for a crag in the middle of nowhere... U got it!

The Classics

Featured Route For Chile

Bienvenidos a mi Insomnio 5.11a  International : Chile : ... : Cerro Trinidad

This is one of THE routes to do while in Cochamo, long, sustained, solid and mostly clean rock, and just plain fun climbing. It's possible to rap off the first 14 pitches, and most of the anchors above that have a least one bolt or fixed gear. The first few pitches and the last few pitches can be a little confusing to find, so it wouldn't be a bad idea getting a little beta from the refugio before doing the climb. A topo of the route can foun...[more]   Browse More Classics in International

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North of santiago. year round climbing	Cochamo valley	Another view of Cochamo
Crag near Puerto Montt, south of chile.	Near santiago