Silenziu d'a petra Guidebooks

This is a comprehensive guidebook describing the single pitch sport routes on the island of Corsica, along with a few selected bolted multi-pitch routes and some bouldering, covering over 2,700 routes are detailed across a wide range of grades.

Selected from the hundreds of known, documented multi-pitch routes located on the island’s crags and cliffs, this guidebook describes 110 routes of all levels, from pure trad to fully-bolted and everything in between. They are scattered across all massifs in Corsica except Bavella, for which a specific topo guide has been created (the Bavella-Corsica guidebook). This extensive geographical coverage allows wandering climbers to go in search of varied climbing styles, surroundings and fun, and for climbers based in a specific location to find suitable muti-pitch routes close at hand.

Of course the guidebook features the key, famous routes, but also contains newly-established routes and rediscovered gems. Our aim has been to give as reliable and precise information as possible for each route. We provide a photo with the route traced onto it, details of the walk-in, the necessary gear and a precise description, particularly for trad routes. We have also set aside space in the guidebook for a large number of photos, to give you a taste of what is to come in your next vertical adventures.

Since ten years, bouldering moved a lot in Corsica and a lot of news spots has been discovered.

We needs two words to define the practice here : beauty and diversity. One can find some boulders on a beach and another spot under trees or at altitude, separated by only few kilometers. And we climb here in fabulous places, often wild.

Granit is the main rock we find . It’s however different if it takes place near the sea (Capineru, Calvi, Palombaggia…) or in the center of Corsica (Valdu di Saltu, Bavella, Restonica). Styles of climbing are consequently very different.

This guidebook is a compilation of the most beautiful areas. It will lead you from Balagne to the extreme south, via Corte or Bavella.