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Chile

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Chile

Little by little Chile is becoming a great place for rock climbing. near Santiago and Patagonia,there's a lifetime of new routes waiting to be open, in Santiago there's places for sport and trad. if you like big wall you want to go to cochamo valley. the Yosemite of south America: big wall, bomb proof granite with great crack climbs.

You can find more information here:

www.cochamo.com
www.escalando.cl
www.escalandochile.cl
www.chileclimbers.cl
www.guiaescaladachile.com

Getting There

Once you get to Santiago, you are no more than an hour away from crags, you can get Topos in local climbing shops in Santiago. If you go south, you can either fly or take a bus. Looking for a crag in the middle of nowhere... U got it!

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Argentine Ezequiel Manoni on the first pitch of Doña Dora de Dedos, a 9-pitch 5.12b in Anfiteatro. This splitter line is without a doubt one of Cochamó's most classic and one of the best finger crack climbs in Chile.
[Hide Photo] Argentine Ezequiel Manoni on the first pitch of Doña Dora de Dedos, a 9-pitch 5.12b in Anfiteatro. This splitter line is without a doubt one of Cochamó's most classic and one of the best finger cra…
Cochamo valley
[Hide Photo] Cochamo valley
Another view of Cochamo
[Hide Photo] Another view of Cochamo
Geysers and Hot Springs at Dawn, Atacama Region
[Hide Photo] Geysers and Hot Springs at Dawn, Atacama Region
North of santiago. year round climbing
[Hide Photo] North of santiago. year round climbing
Torres del Paine
[Hide Photo] Torres del Paine
near Torres del Paine
[Hide Photo] near Torres del Paine
Descending after a first ascent of an unnamed peak near Cerro Blanco in Patagonia
[Hide Photo] Descending after a first ascent of an unnamed peak near Cerro Blanco in Patagonia
Near santiago
[Hide Photo] Near santiago
Crag near Puerto Montt, south of chile.
[Hide Photo] Crag near Puerto Montt, south of chile.
Local climber near santiago.
[Hide Photo] Local climber near santiago.

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August West
Flagstaff, AZ
[Hide Comment] Two other Chile climbing websites:

chilemountains.info/pag.htm

This first one is better than it looks at first glance! Check out the climbing area map.

andeshandbook.org/Default.asp? Mar 21, 2010
August West
Flagstaff, AZ
[Hide Comment] Climbing gear in Santiago:
andesgear.cl tatoo.cl justclimb.cl chilemontaña.cl lacumbreonline.cl

If you're contemplating going to Chile and leaving some gear at home, bear in mind that the cost is going to range for $10 more expensive for harnesses and simple stuff to as much as 30-50% more expensive for things like quickdraws and ropes. If you're looking at these sites, know that 1,000 Chilean pesos is equivalent to about $2.00 US. Mar 27, 2010
Daniel Seeliger
Cochamó
[Hide Comment] For Cochamó's bigwalls, cracks and cragging, check out cochamo.com. Aug 16, 2013
Jordan Collins
South Lake Tahoe
[Hide Comment] Does anybody have any good info about climbing on La Serena/coquimbo I know their is great bouldering their which is why I would like to go but its hard to find websites with information on problems... Is their a guidebook for the area?? Jan 27, 2014
Chris Oleson
Maryland
[Hide Comment] Link to a free downloadable guidebook with topos for the central Chile region:

guiaescaladachile.com/2017/… Aug 26, 2017
James Ward 1
Ottawa, Ontario
[Hide Comment] My girlfriend and I will be in Santiago area with a car April 3-8th 2017. We'll have our shoes and harness but no other gear. Anyone know of anywhere to rent gear (rope,draws or a rack)? Or anyone have gear and need a partner? I spoke to some of the guiding companies about taking us out but the prices were crazy expensive! Mar 22, 2018
Luis Thompson
San Diego, CA
[Hide Comment] Hey anyone interested cragging down chile for the month of December 2018? Ill probably head south too . im taking the whole month off. I just do sport . boulder. And follow on trad. Please hit me up Apr 22, 2018
Madison Belland
North Branch, MN
[Hide Comment] I will be in Chile this coming spring. Is anyone aware of any rock climbing groups in the area of Santiago? Dec 12, 2018