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The tilted tower in front of the main cliff has a contrasting set of routes, steep and desperate on the front, slick on the side, slabby and easy on the shady side. Guidebook page 320.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
La boite a coucous The left-hand of two desperate routes on the steep side. | 2 Stars Technical | 8a |
2 |
Gaterie express | 2 Stars Crimpy | 8a |
3 |
Ben annee, ben sante The slick south face has a couple of tough offerings. | 2 Stars | 6c |
4 |
Les fées meres | 2 Stars | 6b |
5 |
Les fées railleuses | 1 Stars | 5 |
6 |
Les fées, l'action | 1 Stars | 4+ |
7 |
Les fées blessent | 1 Stars Rounded | 4+ |
8 |
Les fées rient | 1 Stars | 4 |
9 |
Les fées moral | 1 Stars | 4 |
10 |
Les fées dopent l'air | 1 Stars | 4 |
11 |
Les fées minimes Round the arete on the north facing wall. | 3 Stars | 5+ |
12 |
Gaz naturel 1) 5, 2) 6a. The flaky groove leads past a couple of steep moves to a good stance. The second pitch trends left up the wall... | 3 Stars Technical Crimpy | 6a |
13 |
Bobo au rhum 1) 5, 2) 6a. Use the same first pitch to access fine steep climbing up the front of the tower above the stance. | 3 Stars Pumpy | 6a |
14 |
Serment d'ivrogne Start up the right-hand crack to reach desperate moves high on the wall. | 2 Stars Technical Crimpy | 7b+ |
15 |
Pas vu pas pris The right-hand line has an even harder crux sequence. | 2 Stars Technical Crimpy | 7c |
16 |
Les petits boudins | 3 Stars Pumpy | 7b |
17 |
Pet de zebu | 3 Stars Technical Pumpy | 7c+ |
18 |
Les sans culottes | 3 Stars | 7c |
19 |
La bastille The long groove gives great bridging and jamming to a choice of lower-offs - low or high. | 3 Stars Pumpy | 6a |