Los Cajones

Last update: Jan. 22, 2022

Los Cajones is a cayon that runs along the Chame river, which has a section of around 300 meters with high walls (4 to 5 meters tall) forming a throat at both sides of the river.

 

How to get there

Over the years it has become a very popular spot for swimming on the weekends. You can expect a lot of people with loud music or even grilling steaks. It's easy to access, just 20 to 30 minutes from the Interamericana Highway, taking the road Bejuco - Sora. If you follow the Google Maps pin share above it should be pretty straight forward. The road is asphalt the whole way (recently built), so any car can get there.

 

The climbing

Sooooo moving forward to what we really like about the place... *drum roll* THE ROCK! 

Los Cajones has some proper quality rock for climbing, soft on the skin due to the water polishing the surface over the years. Great boulders all over but a lot of shallow water with sketchy landings so be careful before you jump. Our advice, if you are, like us, down for sketchy stuff, flex your knees as soon as the water touches your legs, that way it reduces your probabilities of a twisted ankle. 

The better season for climbing is (as always) summer when the rock is dry, but sadly that is also when the water is more shallow. 

The image above has some easy deep water solo warm ups: the first and the second route are around 4a (French bouldering grades) and the third one is around 5a.

The walls are food for the imagination, we are posting a gallery so you can wrap your mind around the possibilities. We also know that most of you already know the place, what most of you did not know is that some time ago Dumas Galvez along side Rogelio Alvarado and J. Ignacio quevedo bolted some short sport routes. It can be climbed during the summer when the water is low and you can take the rope without wetting it.

On the image bellow the sport routes are displayed: the fourth route is a 7a proposal from Dumas called "La cabeza de agua" and the fifth route "la baticueva" and the sixth route "la luz y el agua" were bolted by Rogelio and J. Ignacio, both look like 4 grade routes in my opinion. I personally have not tried them yet but the bolts look solid even after all these years of heavy rain. The anchoring was done with chemical epoxy.

If you are going during the rainy season be careful. When is raining on the mountains the water level will raise in a matter of minutes, it's very dangerous. You can tell when the water start to turn muddy all the sudden... That's it for now guys, hope you enjoy the post, and special thanks to Dumas and Rogelio for bolting and sharing.