Ridge climb on limestone rocky mountain . 1000m vertical climb. It gets very vertical at the end , some light climbing skills needed.
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Rising more than 1200 meters over the crowded Costa del Sol, La Concha (the shell) peak is a characteristic mountain calling to those ones more interested in the heights and bare rocks than in sandy beaches and luxury lifestyle of the holidays resorts and golf clubs of Marbella. This massive block of limestone is the first one of an interesting group of ‘sierras’ which extends from the Mediterranean Sea coast towards the interior lands of AndalucÃa.
La Concha is one of the tops of Sierra Blanca, a mountain group just outside the limits of the Natural Park of Sierra de las Nieves. Nevertheless, due to its natural and biological interest, it belongs to the protection area of the UNESCO’s Biosphere Reserve since 1995. The Natural Park of Sierra de las Nieves extends itself beyond the peaks of Sierra Blanca, and it has its ‘roof’ at the Torrecilla mountain, with 1919 meters. There are many other peaks in the Natural Park rising over the 1400 meters. The ‘bottom’ of the Park is, definitely, the world wide known ‘GESM’ abyss, which descends 1074 meters into the earth. But, leaving aside abysses and mountains, the real main character of these Sierras is a very special kind of three discovered in 1837: the Abies Pinsapo, an endemic short of fir three of the Mediterranean which grows on the slopes of these mountains.
Despite its modest height, La Concha peak is a rough mountain with exposed ridges, vertical walls and a rocky summit, which offers many interesting routes to the more demanding mountain walker. Definitely, this is a much more adventurous and unknown Costa del Sol than the one of the brochures.
