A superb sector full of pleasant surprises. It offers consistently technical, mid-grade routes on solid, featured limestone with beautiful drip-holes reminiscent of Verdon. Just a 5min drive from Leonidio and a 1min approach, it’s perfectly suited for a full day on the rock or as a warm-up/cool-down stop when heading in or out of the Daphnon Gorge.
Spanish climbing legend Ernesto López Sastre, best known as the main equipper of Montanejos, spent several months in Leonidio, where he climbed nearly 300 routes, each of them onsight. Towards the end of his trip, he shifted his focus from repeating routes to creating new ones.
With the support of his landlord, who agreed to cover a month’s rent in exchange for Highly Corrosion Resistant bolts, and with Panjika Cooperative contributing by donating every third route, Ernesto set to work. After 10 intense days of bolting and fine-tuning the details, the new sector "Montanejos" was complete.
