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Another superb sector which should be on the essential list for any grade 7 and 8 climber. The climbs are long and steep and on excellent textured rock, often with big holds and features. An 80m rope will be needed for some of the longest climbs. Guidebook page 139.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Prélude A fine route in its own right. | 2 Stars Pumpy | 6b+ |
2 |
Voleur d'Artif Quick thinking and a hard pull are needed on the crux. The old wooden wedges are a curiosity; you aren't allowed to use them! | 2 Stars Technical | 7b+ |
3 |
Les chemins de Marie Start Up to the roof this is a lovely route on interesting rock. | 2 Stars | 6a |
4 |
Les chemins de Marie The whole route is unbalanced, bouldery and blind. | 1 Stars Technical | 7c |
5 |
Aniakchak Great urgent moves up the groove through the roof and onto a nice slab to finish. Varied. | 2 Stars | 7b+ |
6 |
Manuscrit The roof is hard, but the top slab is harder. | 1 Stars Reachy Technical | 8a |
7 |
Pachamama A shorter route of two halves. The bottom is fingery and technical, and the roof is on jugs, but still proves hard work. | 2 Stars Crimpy | 7b+ |
8 |
Globe trotters The classic of the crag and one of the best routes in Ariège. It is 7a to the roof, then gets harder with each move. | 3 Stars Pumpy | 7b |
9 |
Pulsaf zone Nice moves, but confusing and a bit of an eliminate in several places. It can be done as a hard 7a+ up to the roof. | 1 Stars | 7c |
10 |
Stromatolite | 2 Stars | 8b |
11 |
Parfum de Tamanrasset | 2 Stars | 8b |
12 |
L'âge des extrêmes Weave up the technical and fingery bottom groove with increasing difficulty to discover you still haven't done the crux. | 3 Stars Technical Pumpy | 8a |
13 |
Volutes It all seemed to be going so well, until the headwall... | 2 Stars Crimpy | 7c |
14 |
Mac Hulotte Another long super-classic. A bouldery crux gains the hand-jam roof, and even then it's still not over. Tiring despite the... | 3 Stars Pumpy Graunchy | 7b+ |
15 |
Extra sensoriel Long, varied, interesting and hard. What more could you want? | 2 Stars | 7c+ |
16 |
Mac in teuch Top 50 One of the best routes here. It has everything, including lots of big holes and a fingery crux near the top. Finishing on the... | 3 Stars Pumpy | 7a+ |
17 |
Sol y sombra | 7c+ | |
18 |
Interlude Long, sustained and good holds throughout. The loose-looking blocks have been pulled on many times, but be careful anyway. The... | 3 Stars Pumpy Loose | 6b+ |
19 |
Les pavillons perdus A mediocre start above a cleared recess leads to much better fare above. | 2 Stars Pumpy | 6b+ |
20 |
Le mur du son Long, with a high crux. If the bottom is overgrown it can be started by traversing in from the next route. | 1 Stars Technical | 7b |
21 |
La reliure Gain the big groove awkwardly from the left and climb its right wall and tricky face above. | 1 Stars Technical | 6c+ |
22 |
Monolhite Another overgrown start that may be avoided on the right. | 1 Stars Crimpy | 7b+ |
23 |
Préface Feels insecure and urgent at times and may be harder for the short with a technical section at the top. | 2 Stars Reachy Technical | 7b |
24 |
Les brumes de Zanskar | 1 Stars | 7c+ |
25 |
Nirvana | 2 Stars Technical Crimpy | 8a+ |
26 |
L'as des pics Sustained and technical, but thankfully it eases higher up. | 2 Stars Technical | 8a |
27 |
Grip show The blank-looking central section has just about enough crimps. | 3 Stars Pumpy Crimpy | 7c |
28 |
I book A harder left-hand start to Cortex. | 1 Stars | 8a+ |
29 |
Cortex Hard fingery climbing starting as for Biorythme but soon veering left. An alternative finish moves right to the lower-off of... | 2 Stars Pumpy Crimpy | 8a |
30 |
Biorythme The crux used to be low down but the top has lost holds and is now hard too. | 2 Stars Pumpy Crimpy | 8a |
31 |
Nevada | 7c+ | |
32 |
Pixel A shorter, but nice little route at the end of the world. | 2 Stars Technical Crimpy | 6c+ |