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Buoux (pronounced "bee-you-ks") is the pocket-pulling capital - a mixture of limestone and sandstone, the rock is a dazzling array of pockets, some tiny, some huge - in Buoux even the pockets have pockets in them! In other words it helps to like pockets if you climb here. It isn't all pockets though since the red and brown rock gives even more variety, especially on the middle section of the cliff.

Routes

425 sport routes (4+...8c) Graded List of Routes List of First Ascents

Buttress (click for routes)	No. of Routes	Route Type	Sunshine or shade	Approach walk	Other	Page
La Dérive A quiet sector with some great routes following strong lines up clean and unpolished rock. If...	19	Sport	Sun from mid-morning	Uphill 20 mins	Windy	250
Songe A classic Buoux slab with some steep finishes.	12	Sport	Afternoon sun	Uphill 20 mins	Windy	252
Autoroute A classic sector with an array of hard wall climbs up an impressive imposing sheet of perfect rock.	11	Sport	Afternoon sun	Uphill 20 mins	Windy	253
La No A pair of short walls at the left end of the main crag. The lower wall is a classic Buoux slab with...	17	Sport	Afternoon sun	Uphill 20 mins	Windy	254
Béda A beautiful piece of orange and grey rock with some very strong crack and corner lines. The second...	12	Sport	Afternoon sun	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	256
Secteur DSF A collection of brilliant routes up perfect rock that often involve technical and sustained...	26	Sport	Afternoon sun	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	258
Secteur GVB With routes on three levels, there is plenty to go at here. The headwall pitches can be linked...	21	Sport	Afternoon sun	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	260
Secteur PGF Above some good short slabs is the upper wall containing long, soaring lines up fine, grey rock.	20	Sport	Afternoon sun	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	262
Mur Zappa Zappa Wall is the home of many of Buoux's most feared slabs, stay away from it when it is warm...	23	Sport	Afternoon sun	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	264
Les Diamants A concentration of brilliant routes await at this easily missed sector. The Partie Gratuite wall...	37	Sport	Afternoon sun	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	266
Fakir A fine wall of orange rock with constantly interesting climbing on large pocketed features....	21	Sport	Afternoon sun	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	268
Excalibur Some great link-ups that lead to the top of the crag, well, almost. The first pitches around here...	31	Sport	Afternoon sun	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	270
Scorpion This popular sector has a good spread of routes including some great easier ticks.	17	Sport	Afternoon sun	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	272
La Plage La Plage is a sort of 'Bout du Monde lite' and a popular hangout with a concentration of good...	14	Sport	Afternoon sun	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	272
Pilier des Forumis The grandest secteur on Buoux with a wealth of brilliant routes a few of which continue all the way...	26	Sport	Lots of sun!	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	274
Les Devers A varied and imposing wall with a number of popular mid-grade routes low down, but capping them at...	28	Sport	Sun to mid-afternoon	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	276
Secteur TCF A justifiably popular wall with some truly great routes. The popular ones are getting quite...	24	Sport	Sun to mid-afternoon	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	278
Rêve A mixture of routes following strong lines. Get here early for the sun, or stroll up in the...	10	Sport	Sun to mid-afternoon	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	280
Styx Wall A justifiably popular wall, with line after line of brilliant climbing, just beware of the slabby...	29	Sport	Lots of sun!	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	282
No Man's Land This fine wall has one of the iconic routes at Buoux - No Man's Land is popular though, so expect...	10	Sport	Sun from mid-morning	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	284
Bout du Monde Probably the world's best-known hard-climbing sector, Bout du Monde has long been a forcing ground....	17	Sport	Lots of sun!	Uphill 15 mins	Windy	286
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