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The impressive back wall has some excellent face climbs and some gnarly cracks. On the far right is a good collection of easier climbs, ideal for raw beginners or children. The picnic benches in front of the wall get the sun even in mid-winter, which is nice! Guidebook page 341.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Courte tisana A couple of shorties for starters. | 1 Stars | 4 |
2 |
Echec aux maths | 1 Stars | 5 |
3 |
Formes ancestrales Something a little longer, on nice holds. | 2 Stars | 4+ |
4 |
Croustillant Top 50 More nice moves on interesting crusty holds. 1 user comment | 2 Stars Crimpy | 4 |
5 |
Nabot...Minable ! The glassy bulge is desperate at the grade. | 5 | |
6 |
Microbe Maybe the easiest route in the World? 1 user comment | 1 Stars | 2 |
7 |
Excès de vitesse Nice balancy climbing, shades of the Avon Gorge. 1 user comment | 3 Stars | 4 |
8 |
Capable de tout! One desperate move does not a classic make! | 1 Stars Technical Rounded | 6a |
9 |
Le coup de piezo The slabby face, groove and left-hand crack in the headwall. | 3 Stars | 6a+ |
10 |
Besoins naturels Excellent climb, though not surprisingly it has been well-glossed over the years. The crux is the upper crack. | 3 Stars Pumpy | 5+ |
11 |
Besoins materiel Sustained climbing with a desperate crux thrown in just for good measure. | 3 Stars Pumpy | 6c+ |
12 |
Penchant fatal Desperate manoeuvres up the smooth wall, then up the hairy hanging arete above. | 3 Stars Technical Crimpy | 7b |
13 |
L'architecte tonique Climb out to the arete and balance up this to a good stance under the imposing leaning corner. This is followed strenuously to... | 3 Stars Pumpy | 6b+ |
14 |
Bref delai pour les biceps Use the lower corner to access the wall on the right then climb this steeply of most good (but spaced) holds. | 3 Stars | 6a+ |
15 |
Taupe modele Top 50 A big pitch at the grade, excellent and sustained, most of the holds are huge though the jams are a bit gnarly. | 3 Stars Pumpy | 5+ |
16 |
Cinq froid c'est dur Another fine pitch at a reasonable grade. Again the cracks can be a bit rough on the hands. | 3 Stars | 5 |
17 |
Muriel petite soeur dans le ciel Steady climb up the lower wall leads to the overlap. Pull rightward through this then go! | 3 Stars Technical Crimpy | 6b |
18 |
Par le canal de suez Another of the soaring crack-lines that the place abounds with - and another cracker too! | 3 Stars Pumpy | 6a |
19 |
Un voyage qui decoiffe A bit of a gar-filler and a hard one! | 1 Stars Technical | 7a |
20 |
Temps de cuisson | 3 Stars Pumpy | 6a |
21 |
Anticalcaire Top 50 Start up the big angle but step out right as soon as possible and finish up the slab to neatly avoid the shrubbery in the... 1 user comment | 3 Stars | 5 |
22 |
Bonne nouvelle A short pitch up the arete or (easier) the face just right. | 1 Stars Technical | 6b |
23 |
Panne des sens The wall right of the arete is long, sustained and devious. | 3 Stars Technical Pumpy | 6c |
24 |
Ecreme Straight up the wall from the foot of the easy ramp. | 3 Stars Pumpy | 6a |
25 |
1/4 écreme A teeny pitch up the ramp to the first lower-off. | 1 Stars Rounded | 3 |
26 |
1/2 écreme Start up the ramp to the lower-off on the previous climb then launch up the steep wall on the left. | 2 Stars Pumpy | 6a |
27 |
Mini de rien The short slab to a lower-off in the groove. | 1 Stars Rounded | 3 |
28 |
Mine de rien Top 50 The slab (of the last route) and long groove give a very pleasant pitch at the grade. Remarkably it isn't particular polished. 1 user comment | 3 Stars | 3+ |
29 |
Super microbe The short with loadsabolts running up the slab and the short steep groove above. | 1 Stars Rounded | 3 |
30 |
Super vire russe Slabby work leads to the tricky but short-lived rib. The lower-off is round to the left and tricky to reach. | 1 Stars Technical | 5 |
31 |
Coup de grisoil The slabby steepens with height though fortunately the good holds keep arriving. | 2 Stars Rounded | 4+ |
32 |
Rhäää plat plat So polished so you can see your face in it - desperate especially the final fluted cracks! The lower-off is on the slab above. | Rounded | 5+ |
