Escape the winter blues and share the psyche with likeminded climbers on a Spanish bouldering trip. Albarracín is well known for its medieval architecture, forests trails, cave paintings and hundreds of glorious sandstone boulders.
This trip is designed to refine your outdoor bouldering tactics, improve your movement technique and get you thoroughly enjoying the process of working boulder problems at your limit.
Programme:
Sunday: meet Sally at the accommodation in the afternoon and get settled in.
Monday - Thursday: 3 days of bouldering coaching and 1 rest day.
During the bouldering days you will spend each morning concentrating on refining skills and each afternoon being supported consolidating on boulders of your choice. Skills focus will include footwork, topping out, bouldering tactics, dynamic movement and using slopers. I have put one rest day into the mix to encourage you to relax, read books, enjoy the forest, and regrow skin!
I have kept a maximum group size of 6 people so that I can provide high quality individualized coaching.
Included:
3 days coaching
5 nights of self catered accommodation at Stone and Woods Guesthouse.
Boulder pad hire
Not Included:
Food
Insurance
Transport
Personal kit
Price:
£425 sharing a twin or triple room
Dates:
February 11 - 16th
Get in touch for alternative dates for a group or private coaching
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The course fee does not include transport to the accommodation or to the boulders each day, so most course participants opt to share a car and coordinate their travel out to Spain. I am very happy to put you in touch with each other.
Travel options include:
Ferry: I usually get the ferry from Portsmouth to Santander/Bilbao and drive with my own van around 5 hours to Albarracin. This is cost effective with a few people. You can also travel as a foot passenger and hire a car in Spain.
Train: The European rail network will can take you to Valencia (2 hours drive from Albarracin) or Teruel (1 hour from Albarracin). The easiest option from here is to rent a car from Valencia train station.
Bus: There is a bus service from Teruel to Albarracin once a day at 2pm, except on Sundays.
Taxi: Service avilable from Teruel to Albarracin for around 50 euros.
Flight: International flights go to Valencia (2 hours from Albarracin), Madrid (3 and a half hours), Reus (4 hours) and Barcelona (5 hours). You can hire a car from any of these airports.
If you have any concerns please get in touch. If you arrive without a car or aren’t confident driving in Spain that’s no problem. One of the other participants or I will be able to offer you lifts.