Adjacent Areas
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Sport
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Uphill
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With some fine red walls on the left (Le Muret) and more typical Ch‰teauvert pocketed grey limestone over to the right, this area has something for most tastes. The left-hand section in particular (round the old walling) is recessed and especially sheltered, making a good destination on Mistral Days. Guidebook page 176.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Thérèse troïka The left-hand line gives good climbing to tricky finish. Please try to avoid destroying the ancient wall at the start. | 3 Stars Strong | 6a+ |
2 |
Red cross Fine sustained climbing throughout. | 3 Stars Pumpy | 6b |
3 |
Serpelin Another sustained and pumpy pitch, superb rock and holds. | 3 Stars Pumpy | 6b+ |
4 |
Destination liberté Start by powering out of the cave and weave up the wall. Just for a change, it's a pumpy number! | 3 Stars Strong Pumpy | 6c+ |
5 |
Embraye A steep start leads to the easier (and pleasant) groove above. | 2 Stars Strong | 6b |
6 |
Strawberry nose A fierce start (well bolted) to the right of the cave leads to easier, but sustained climbing above. BE AWARE of the big drop... | 3 Stars Strong | 7a+ |
7 |
Figue molle A new route up the centre of the red wall with some tricky moves. | 3 Stars Technical Pumpy | 6c |
8 |
Un quart d'heure de folie A lovely pitch, long and sustained. | 3 Stars Pumpy | 6b |
9 |
Nuage A couple of tricky moves and lots of fine pocket pulling. Quite low in the grade and a good objective for breaking through. | 3 Stars Technical | 6b |
10 |
Australie Keep to the right of the bolts, a bit of a squeeze job. | 1 Stars Technical | 6c+ |
11 |
Cabriole The next line is better, much better. Climb the tufa to the ledge then move left to access the long groove line. Quite complex... | 3 Stars Pumpy | 6b |
12 |
La liberté c'est pas la porte à côté! Start as for the previous route but at the ledge take the right-hand crack until the pillar on the left can be accessed. Finish... | 3 Stars Pumpy | 6c |
13 |
Patagonie The crux utilises a drilled mono - ugly! | 1 Stars Crimpy | 7b+ |
14 |
Cap horn This one starts off steadily enough then ramps up the value. | 3 Stars Pumpy | 7a |
15 |
Igloo Great climbing despite the odd chipped (and avoidable) hold. | 3 Stars | 6c+ |
16 |
Terre de feu Start as for Igloo, but take the blobby right-hand line. | 1 Stars | 7a+ |
17 |
Transmutation A big pitch with fine climbing and a variety of blind moves plus some odd holds. | 3 Stars Technical | 7b |
18 |
Borderline A long and varied pitch. There is a lower off at 15m too. | 3 Stars | 6b+ |
19 |
Le colibri A great (and l-o-n-g) pitch up the right-hand side of the face, spiralling leftward to finish up the crack in the side-wall.... | 3 Stars Pumpy | 5+ |
