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Route |
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Lat/Lon:
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38.50116°N / 0.63274°W |
Route Type:
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Hiking, Scrambling |
Season:
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter |
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Time Required:
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Half a day |
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Rock Difficulty:
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5.3 (YDS) |
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Difficulty:
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Easy |
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Explanation
This north face is a simply scramblig route, there is no similarity with many other north faces, harder, longer,...Getting There
From AlicanteTake the A7 highway to the Agost crossing, take the CV-805 secondary road until we find a little road on the left that lead us to the Alicante Balcony. 1 or 2 kilometers before this point, in a left curve, we find a forest road closed by a chain with a no entry traffic sign, this is our starting/ending point.
Route Description
Follow this forest road over 15’ until we find a little and quite invisible path on the left (I seem to remember that coincide with another path on the right side), take it and walk among the bush, always in direction to the wall. Once you have arrived, look for an old vertical wire to help us climbing the wall. I DON’T RECOMMEND TO USE IT, THE WIRE IS WRONG ANCHORED and besides, it’s not necessary (III) (photo). If we look back, we see the curious silhouette of the Sierra del Cid with its two summits (photo). Following the track, there is another wire, this one horizontal and better anchored, to cross a rock slope (photo). From here, we’ll reach the summit looking for the best route between the adhesive rock.The descent, we’ll make it by the “normal” route to the Alicante balcony (East direction). Once we have arrived there, we’ll take the asphalted road to the car.
The first wire. DO NOT USE IT!
Sierra del Cid east face
The second wireEssential Gear
Comfortable shoes/clothingHat/cap, especially in summer
Water (There is no water around the route)
Camera to take a lot of shots, and sharing here, at summitpost!
Sketch
In this sketch you can see the route. The red line is the ascent route and the blue one is the descent route.