Meuse River Valley  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  500' Lat, Long:  50.4665, 4.8642 Map Page Views:  3,514. Good page?    Administrator:  Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Brian in SLC on Feb 3, 2010 Make this area a Favorite What's New  Printer View Add Area  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

Barge on the Meuse River in front of the Château d...

Description 

The Meuse River Valley contains the highest concentration of cragging areas in Belgium.

The rock is limestone. Long standing classic routes tend to be very polished.

Freÿr, Dave, and Marche-les-Dames are the popular spots.

A fantastic amount of rock climbing at all grades.

Getting There 

Located near the cities of Namur and Dinant.

Approaches to the popular crags are fairly short, usually in minutes.

The Classics

Featured Route For Meuse River Valley

Calebard Étanche 5.9  International : Europe : ... : Massif de la Liedekerke

A fun, steep route on great holds. Highly featured face climbing, which, is good as the route starts out very steeply.Climb up steep face towards a steeper bulge. Jog left then back right. Climb just left of the buttress to a large ledge. Rappel back down from here, or, continue on easy slab to the top. Most folks rap off....[more]   Browse More Classics in International