TORRECILLAS

Torrecillas I        Torrecillas II        Torrecillas III

Torrecillas, photo: M.Waldhoer Torrecillas I, the oldest sector with most of the routes.
  • Access: 0.5-1.5h from car, see map Cajón de Maipo
  • Rock: Volcanic tuff
  • Routes: about 60
  • Grades: 5.8-5.12
  • Characteristics: Face climbing up to 8 pitches
  • Height: until 250m
  • Equipment: Bolts in place, tricams
  • Exposure: NW
  • Season: All year except winter
  • Logding: HOSTAL PALESTRAS
The now 3 cliffs of Torrecillas, I, II & III, offer face climbing in relatively hard sandstone with many small holes and holds. The routes have up to 8 pitches and often follow beautiful water-incised runnels. Some of the climbs in Torrecillas I already have years and so do their bolts. Additional protection can hardly be placed, however, a set of tricams is never too much. The cliff is on private ground and people at the entrance will charge 2000.- pesos, opening at 8.00 am. You can enter free through the trail to the Palestra del Manzano. The path is well marked, but still hard to find, however, several attempts through dense vegetagion and thorns will help you remember. The small but dirty camp below Torrecillas I

 

Overview of Las Torrecillas

IMPORTANT:

Torrecillas is an alpine-style sport climbing area, where bolts are not as frequent than in sport climbing zones like Las Palestras or Las Chilcas. Therefore, the original existing protection is part of a route´s difficulty. If you think that the protection of a route is not enough, you should try an easier or better protected route, as there are many in Torrecillas. Under no circunstance new bolts should be added to existing routes. If you want to drill and you know how to do it, you can replace (but never modify!) the old spits in routes like Intentos, the first 3 pitches of Hare Ganja and Adan y Eva. Any added bolt without permission of the route's authors will be removed. The future generations will be thankful.