Description
This climbing area is composed of basalt crag with lines between 6 and 25m.
History
This climbing area borned with the pioneering work of local climbers Pedro Melo, Ernesto Silva and Luís Guimarães. They started by cleaning and bolting "Ratatouille" on June 3, 2012, followed by "Trinca Espinhas" (also known as "Comprida"), on July 15. Two weeks later, moved by the foreseeable potential of the crag, Paulo Vaz joined them, putting up classics like "Fonte" and "Ode to Jóia". João Pereira also helped, with his name on "Chapa" and "Mulata".
Just a couple of years later, a new group of local climbers, composed by Paulo "Jóia" Rego, Tarso Costa and Za Patxillas, with the casual contribution of some others that were passing by São Miguel for shorter periods of time, established new routes, including "Estica Estica", "São Sebastião" and "Dolmen".
The scenario was already good, but there was room for more. Starting their bolting works in 2019, Tomás Fontes and Bruno Bagnari expanded the list even more, bolting routes like "Escala de Richter", "Magnitude Zero" and "Horas Extra", and placing this climbing area as one of the most interesting and developed in the island. Also, the largest to date, counting with more than 30 routes.
