Nodes in Les autres bières

If you continue to follow the path left from the base of "La Petite Bière" you will come to this pair of crags. There used to be a sigh pointing the way to "Les autres bières", but that sign seems to have disappeared.

The first cliff you pass on your right towards "La fourmilière", it has become overgrown -- but there is a right-rising nearly horizontal crack ending in an anchor obscured by the trees.

The gently rising traverse crack in the cliff. Now tending towards over-grown.

A small cliff with a few easy sport routes.

Left-most route.

The climbing area is maintained by "Parc d'Escalade et de Randonnée de la Montagne D'Argent" (PERMA) -- primarily a climber's organisation. Daily access fee was $14 as of summer 2021, and yearly memberships ($70 as of 2021). Being affiliated with the Alpine Club of Canada, members of certain sections may climb for free upon presentation of their club membership but are still required to pay for on-site camping.

On weekends, there is generally someone there to collect the fees, during the week this is more often done on the honour system.

The site is open all year round with artificial ice falls created over the cliffs over the freezing winter months for Technical Ice Climbing.

A complete guidebook (including hand drawn reproductions, contributed by a local artist) is generally available at the hut on weekends. It has maps for access to the cliffs, and drawings of all the cliffs with routes marked on them. The current official guidebook is fully bilingual.

The climbing area is maintained by "Parc d'Escalade et de Randonnée de la Montagne D'Argent" (PERMA) -- primarily a climber's organisation. Daily access fee was $14 as of summer 2021, and yearly memberships ($70 as of 2021). Being affiliated with the Alpine Club of Canada, members of certain sections may climb for free upon presentation of their club membership but are still required to pay for on-site camping.

On weekends, there is generally someone there to collect the fees, during the week this is more often done on the honour system.

The site is open all year round with artificial ice falls created over the cliffs over the freezing winter months for Technical Ice Climbing.

A complete guidebook (including hand drawn reproductions, contributed by a local artist) is generally available at the hut on weekends. It has maps for access to the cliffs, and drawings of all the cliffs with routes marked on them. The current official guidebook is fully bilingual.

Climbs up a groove to pass a small roof on the right side, then finish leftward.

The left-facing flake and crack system a bit right of the center of the cliff.

The MdA guidebook (2017 edition) lists the FA of this as being "21 aout 2015 - Laurent Cloutier et Suzanne Chamberland", likely the first ascent after cleaning and bolting. It was free-soloed by David Gibbs on July 22, 2012, and likely climbed before that as well.

Starts up a left-facing corner with a crack underneath -- some pleasant lay-back climbing -- to a slab finish.

The bolted route a couple meters right of the flake.

A steeper slabby start to easier, but pleasant, climbing above.

An even steeper slab start than the climb to the left, and more sustained at the grade, eases off after the 4th bolt.