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El Salto Rock Climbing

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Areas in El Salto

Catlin's Wall 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

In-Trance Wall 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

La Boca 0 / 47 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 47

La Boquita 1 / 17 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18

La Garganta 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

La Palma (The Palm) Sport 0 / 29 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 29

La Psicodelia 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13

La Sabrosa 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Las Animas Wall 0 / 44 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 44

Las Maquinitas/the Arcade 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Los Chileros(San Isidro Canyon) at El salto 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Pico Norte 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8

Quintessence 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Spire, The 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Tecolote Cave 0 / 23 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 23

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Elevation:	4,420 ft	1,347 m
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Description

EL SALTO, NUEVO LEON, MEXICO

El Salto is located in a small town in Santiago , Nuevo Leon , named Cienega de Gonzalez. Just 2 hours away from Monterrey this climbing zone is different than Potrero Chico and Huasteca. There are a lot of tufas, a cave and overhanging! Besides big mountains and wood rounds the place.

The name El Salto is because a waterfall that you only see in raining season.

Cienega de Gonzalez is a very quite town situated in the Sierra Madre Oriental where you can find everything you need to spend some climbing days. There are little stores to buy food and water. If you come to El Salto you have to try the apple wine that is produced in the town.

The weather is excellent for climbing in every season. It is cold in winter and nice in summer.

El Salto has very hard routes in the Tecolote´s cave and the Animas wall, the easier one is a 5.11c and the harder is 5.14a. You will have a lot of fun climbing in El Salto.

Getting There

If you go to El Salto from Monterrey take Pino Suarez Ave to the south, cross the Santa Catarina River and turn to the left to take Morones Prieto Ave. Straight ahead and then turn to the right in Eugenio Garza Sada Ave to the south. At the end of this avenue begins the 84 Federal Highway or Carretera Nacional. Follow it and some meters after El Cercado town turn to the right in the Laguna de Sanchez road, this road takes you to the Cola de Caballo waterfall. Once you see a little town with a lot of cabins, just after the Vitro Parque El Manzano, you'll know you are in Cienega de Gonzalez.

If you go on bus buy a ticket to El Cercado in the Monterrey bus station. This town is located on the Carretera Nacional, like 1 hour away from el Salto. When you get to the Cercado square take a bus to Laguna de Sanchez. It is better if you say to the driver you are going to the Salto in Cienega de Gonzalez so he can tell you when you are there.

El Cercado-Laguna de Sanchez bus schedule: Monday to Sunday at 8 am and 5 pm. The rate is 5 usd.

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Classic Climbing Routes at El Salto

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 73 ● Culo De Merlin Sport Tecolote Cave
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 97 ● Alien Tufa Sport Las Animas Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 94 ● Brotherhood (Body Grooving) Sport Las Animas Wall
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 115 ● Tu Felicidad Sport Tecolote Cave
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 115 ● [Redacted] Sport Las Animas Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 84 ● Muchos Conjuros Sport Las Animas Wall
5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a 78 ● Ramones Mushroom Sport Las Animas Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 60 ● Honey Bear Sport La Boca
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 70 ● Echando Raices Sport Las Animas Wall
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 59 ● El Ojo de la Mente (The Mind's E… Sport Las Animas Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 39 ● Alien Tufa Extension Sport Las Animas Wall
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 71 ● Nosferatus Sport Tecolote Cave
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 83 ● Hijo de Puta Sport La Boca
5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c 33 ● Tufa Luna Sport Las Animas Wall
5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c 29 ● Camino del Chino Sport Las Animas Wall