Morro da Urca
About Morro da Urca:
Morro da Urca is the hill where the cable car makes its 1st stop.
South Face: Known as "Coloridos" this face face has many easy routes all named after colors. To acess the South Face go along the Claudio Coutinho Path until you see a rock ramp to your left. "Climb" the ramp to reach the face of the wall. North Face: To acess the NORTH Face go along the Claudio Coutinho Path until you see a wide trail to your left. Follow the trail to the upmost poit. Option one it follow to the left to the summit and from there rapel to the routes. Option 2 is to keep following the trail in a dowarnd/leftward direction until you find the base. Has about 20 routes with 1 or 2 pitches reaching summit. Don't need to rapel, take the trail down. |
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Latitude, Longitude: | -22.95000, -43.16400 |
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Rock Type: | Gneiss |
Type of Climbing: | Trad |
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Routes
SequenceSequence numbers indicate the left (L) to right (R) order of the routes. | Rating | Route | Difficulty | Ascents |
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Preto | 5.6 | 2 | ||
0 | Antônio Calado | 5.9 | 2 | |
0 | Arco-Íris | 5.6 | 5 | |
0 | Vermelho | 5.7 | 1 | |
1 | Yuri Gagarin | 5.12c | 0 | |
10 | Augusto Ruschi | 5.4 | 3 | |
10 | Infravermelho (1) | 5.5 | 11 | |
12 | Mesmo com Sol | 5.8 | 2 |