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Submitted By: Braxton Norwood on Jun 27, 2008
Administrator: Euan Cameron
Latitude: 46.6193  Longitude: 4.5264 
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Palace at Fontainebleau


Description 

There's more to this Euro country than just wine, cheese, and your French maid fantasy. If you're into any type of climbing (bouldering, sport, trad, alpine, ice), there are many world-class routes/problems to be had.


Getting There 

From the US: Save up your $ and ride in one of those fancy aeroplanes. Ask the pilot nicely to drop you off in Paris. Unless of course, you'd rather spend weeks at sea developing scurvy. I suggest the former.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for France:
Le Gout du Jour (Red 26)   V2     Boulder   Trois Pignons West : La Roche aux Sabots
Le Tiroir (The Drawer)   V3     Boulder   Trois Pignons West : La Roche aux Sabots
Les Colonnettes   5.13     Sport, 100 feet   Ceuse : Secture Biograpie
Realization   5.14d     Sport, 120 feet   Ceuse : Secture Biograpie
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Featured Route For France
San Jons Picos, c. 5.12c.

San John's Pecos 5.12+  International : France : ... : Secture Berlin
Just past vertical climbing up a beautifull blue streak. Fun and pumpy climbing on flat to rounded holds leads to a crux near the top where the holds get slightly worse. A very pretty line....[more]   Browse More Classics in International


Photos of France Slideshow Add Photo
Grandes Jorasses.  The Walker Spur is the steep face on the left skyline.  The right-most spire is the Dent du Geant.

Grandes Jorasses. The Walker Spur is the steep fa...

Verdon Gorge.

Verdon Gorge.

The quaint village of Sisteron, an hour's drive south of Ceuse.

The quaint village of Sisteron, an hour's drive so...

Pont du Arc in the Ardeche Gorge.  Definitely some DWS potential....

Pont du Arc in the Ardeche Gorge. Definitely some...

Volx.  The rock is remeniscent of Sitting Bull Falls, NM.

Volx. The rock is remeniscent of Sitting Bull Fal...

The cliffs above Orpierre offer an abundance of moderates, though the rock is not quite as good as at the more famous French crags.

The cliffs above Orpierre offer an abundance of mo...

The legendary Southern crag of Orgon.  Home to numerous ground-breaking routes such as Bronx, one of the first 8c+ (14c) routes in the world.  Remeniscent of the Wasteland at Rifle, but taller and wider, with more routes.

The legendary Southern crag of Orgon. Home to num...

The beautiful pocketed sandstone of Buoux.  Home to such routes as Chouca, 8a+, Le Rose et le Vampire, 8b, & Agincourt, 8c, as well as countless classic moderates.

The beautiful pocketed sandstone of Buoux. Home t...

Bob Horan arriving at the Gorge du Verdon, France

Bob Horan arriving at the Gorge du Verdon, France

Climbing in the Gorge du Verdon, photo: Bob Horan

Climbing in the Gorge du Verdon, photo: Bob Horan

BH on Papillionsight.

BH on Papillionsight.

Les Calanques, France, photo: Bob Horan

Les Calanques, France, photo: Bob Horan

Buoux, France, photo: Bob Horan

Buoux, France, photo: Bob Horan

Climbing in Buoux, photo: Bob Horan Collection

Climbing in Buoux, photo: Bob Horan Collection

Patrick Edlinger in the Verdon, photo: Bob Horan Collection

Patrick Edlinger in the Verdon, photo: Bob Horan C...

The place to go when climbing at the Verdon Gorge - say hello to Sabine and Michel.

The place to go when climbing at the Verdon Gorge ...

Limestone everywhere (and thus routes everywhere) but the power lines are off route! Pont Mirabeau, France. July 2009.

Limestone everywhere (and thus routes everywhere) ...


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By Ben Bruestle
From: Pueblo, CO
Dec 31, 2008

The best place for gear and beta in Paris is at Au Vieux Campeur. The shop is located at 48 rue Ecoles, near the Maubert Mutualite bus/metro stop.