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Sport

Sun to mid-afternoon

Uphill

20 mins

Seepage

Windy

This section of the Auzat crags sits high above the other cliffs and has a longish approach. The central and left-hand sections of the cliff are pleasant and see most action. The right-hand side is trickier of access and gets few visitors. Guidebook page 194.

Route (click for voting and user comments)		Symbols	Grade
1	L'eliminateur The knotted rope gains a slab high on the left. Direct is harder. 1 user comment	1 Stars Technical	6b+
2	Américan dream From the knotted rope, a tricky start leads to the slab.	2 Stars Technical	6a+
3	Boadicea Climb the knobbly flake and padding slab above.	1 Stars Rounded	5+
4	De gustibus Start behind blocks and climb the nice blobby slab.	2 Stars Rounded	5
5	Slab me bébé More slab climbing to a lower-off below a grass tuft.	2 Stars	5+
6	Le rocker Take the flake to the overhang. Pull over, then climb deviously up the face left of the arete. The upper part is pleasant but...	1 Stars	5+
7	L'équipeur A short pitch (3 bolts) with a tricky mantel.	1 Stars	5+
8	Get down Moses Top 50 A good long pitch with hard moves at half height and the top.	2 Stars Rounded Fluttery	5+
9	Les dieux d'amour Top 50 1) 5+, 2) 5. Two good pitches up flaky cracks and slabs starting behind a block. This one has no name on the rock. 1 user comment	3 Stars	5+
10	Le mur de Jéricho Top 50 Diagonal cracks and a thin face to the stance of the last route.	2 Stars Rounded	6a
11	La brute The cracked wall, roof and slab above.	1 Stars Technical Crimpy	7a+
12	Frankenstein The steep wall leads to hard moves past the lip to slabby terrain.	2 Stars Technical	6c
13	Shelley An easier pitch up the mossy diagonal cracks and tricky slab.	1 Stars Pumpy Rounded	6a+
14	Arachnaphobia Top 50 Follow right-trending cracks with varied and interesting moves.	3 Stars	6c
15	La sentinelle Climb the easy crack and balancy right-slanting groove.	2 Stars Technical	6b
16	Green machine The tricky and sustained wall between the cracks.	2 Stars Technical Pumpy	7a
17	Rupicapra Layback the nice right arete of long shrubby crack-line.	2 Stars Technical Pumpy	6a+
18	La croix Climb the groove then the devious cracks up the scooped wall.	1 Stars Technical Crimpy	7a
19	Belladonna A beefy jamming-crack cuts through overhang to a tough slab.	2 Stars Pumpy Rounded	6c+
20	L'échappée belle The steep right side of recess and then cracks to a hard crux.	2 Stars Technical Pumpy	7a
21	L'hommes des carriéres Top 50 The big central groove is a smart line with great climbing.	3 Stars Technical	6a+
22	Emmanuelle Top 50 The seductive curving arete is an exciting and enduring affair.	3 Stars Technical	7a
23	Autour du monde Climb the desperate smooth face just right of the arete.	1 Stars Technical Crimpy	7b+
24	Le scorpion Top 50 The centre of the face off the ledge has a bouldery roof to a slab.	2 Stars Technical	7b
25	Stephoescalade A shorter one from the end of the ledge to under a roof.	1 Stars	6a
26	Linda love-juice Follow the bolts inside the chimney. A second pitch goes out left.	1 Stars Graunchy	5
27	La fin juteuse A slightly harder right-hand finish to the previous climb.	1 Stars	5+
28	Sunday, Bloody Sunday	1 Stars	6b+
29	Chausson d'amour	Pumpy	6a+
30	Le somnanbule	1 Stars Pumpy	6b+
31	Katapult Kerry Climb the left wall strenuously to a sketchy slab.	1 Stars	7a
32	Say alu wave good bye Balance and layback up the lovely left-hand arete of the tower.	2 Stars Rounded	5+
33	Helter skelter Head up the centre of face by sustained varied climbing.	2 Stars Technical	6b
34	Mini pelle The right-hand arete of tower is also worthwhile.	1 Stars	6b+

Montcalm - Upper Tier

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