Routes in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

A big move to get to the chain.

All-time classic.

Start up Chant de cristal and immediately fork right. Classic Ceuse climbing!

Excellent from start to finish.

A well-featured route and always worthwile.

Tremendous climbing, Run-outs bits aren't too hard, so keep going!

Great climbing with no tricks.

Sustained, technical climbing.

Some big pockets, still pumpy though and a tricky finale.

Super popular and getting a little shiny these days. Committing slab to finish.

The crack. But don't expect to climb the crack.

A beautifully situated route.

Classic. Hard for the first four clips.

Easier than Angel Dust yet difficult to onsight.

Soft for the grade.

Not quite the best for a warm up. Share same start as Women.

Good climbing leads to a sharp finish.

Popular candidate for an onsight.

Classic - bouldery finish.

Ring bolts, not the fixed hangers a meter away

Popular. Tough for the grade.

Beautiful route going straight up the elephant looking pillar. Must do!

A classic but with a sting in the tail.

A superb classic.

Bouldery start leads to easier climbing.

Great climbing and low in the grade.

The easiest route here, hence quite popular.

The grade depends on your ability to climb on a vertical wall.

Continuous and a surprise.

Very hard start but a great tufa pulling finish.

At L1 anchors continue slightly right and straight up.

Legendary boulder problem. Liking the two pitches together is 7c.

Follow the impressive blue streak. Hard for the grade.

Starts 2m left of snoopy, with routes crossing on pitch 8. A more consistent sustained route. 13 quickdraws are sufficient.

Popular outing for the grade. Feet optional at the start. Expect to queue for this one!

The holds needed to clip the anchors on the top slab are unusable when the rooflet above seeps.

Use the first quickdraw as a hold.

Some grips/steps have a thin layer of mortar as anti-skid.

A mega classic and no push over. Start going up and traverse all the way to the right until you reach the anchors under the roof. You can keep going for a 7a+ extension (Methode Rose).

Beware of the loose flake left of the 8th bolt.

A wall of bolts - abseil in and the only way out is to climb. First pitch is the same as for Pichenibule.

It has an extension, no second pitch.

A tough start - better not miss the key hold.

Can link into a mega pitch with a 70m rope and rethread first pitch anchors to get back down safely.

Awesome line up the black streak, engaging bolt spacing, seeps a little.

Very nice climb on granite. 7 Pitches. Very well bolted. P1 5b, P2 4b, P3 5c+, P4 5c, P5 5a, P6 4c, P7 5b+.

[Briancon Climbs, Rolland x4, 2015, suggests that this climb is 5b max, 6 pitches and 200m. Having climbed it, I feel the length and pitches are correct, but the grades above seem more reasonable than 5b.]

Follow the beautiful blue streak.

beautiful colonettes to the first chain, it has an extension.

Low in the grade.

Far right of the crag as the crag starts facing out to the river. Watch for loose blocks.

The left facing crack near the right end of this face.

Nice natural line. Follow the groove up the corner. Superb.

The start can be aided which puts the route at a friendlier 7c+.

Best route here? Extension is Magnificat 8b.

Two boulder problems on a route.