Located at the foothills of one of the most picturesque and tourist villages in all of Costa Blanca, Guadalest is one of the most important crags with an easy grade in the entire province of Alicante. It offers a fast and comfortable approach, a multitude of sectors with all orientations, and more than 200 routes that rarely exceed the sixth grade. These characteristics make it one of the areas preferred by beginners and/or low/medium level climbers. The crag is divided into two huge rocks, very close to each other, with a wide range of sectors, where we will find from short and explosive overhangs to formidable routes of three pitches and up to 80 meters high. Its limestone rock, very generous in grips, offers all kinds of pockets and crimps, and it is responsible for the large volume of routes we can find in these walls. The climbing is usually vertical or slightly slabby, although we will also find some overhanging walls to test our most physical abilites. In the eventual case this was not enough, it also offers a climbing refuge located a few meters from the Peña Maura, with a capacity for 16 people, and run by one of the main bolters in the area.
Although the existence of a pair of spits was already known, put by some Frenchmen during the 80s, and there were also the remains of a classic route of unknown origin, it could be said that the history of this climbing crag begins in the year 2000 with the first routes bolted by the local climber "Tubo" in Cantalar, an area away from the town where people no longer climb. After that, he would soon realize the tremendous potential in the rocks (Peñas) of l'Hort and Maura, and quickly bolts a large number of lines together with a wonderful conditioning of both the approach and belay points. In the middle of the 2000s, the work of "Tubo" is gradually ceasing and other teams such as "Xaua", Tono Quintana, Toni "El vilero" and Migue A. Bravo "Potato" begin their work there. In 2011, Miguel A. Bravo himself opened the Guadalest climbers´ refuge with his family and became, with continuous and numerous openings, the main and unquestionable promoter of the crag. Already during the last years, this opening work has hardly been interrupted, carrying out the rebolting of many of the classic routes opened by the Edwards and practically exhausting the possibility of future new routes. During this last stage, the involvement of other climbers should be noted such as David Mora, Juanma Giménez or Josep H. Pascual "Pepet", in addition to the great contribution of the members of the Sports Technicians course Level 2, who bolted the TnD2 sector during their training.
