Schweiz Plaisir West

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Published Edition Filidor (2012)
ISBN 978-3-906087-39-9

Website filidor.ch

Review

An updated version of this guide. It contains a selection of routes in the lower - mid grades in the west "half" of Switzerland and over the boarder into the Haute Savoie of France. The 62 crags essentially run from Annecy through to Grimsel pass, with the majority in the Valais and Bernese Oberland regions. The guide includes numerous new or rebooted crags that weren't covered in the older guide. These have replaced some of the older areas that have fallen out of favour - so the 2004 version is still useful. Routes are mostly sport routes, if trad gear is needed, it is listed in the route info. A useful update for UK climbers is that the guide is now written in German, French and English (the previous guide contained Italian instead). A very useful guidebook for visiting climbers with a good variety and plenty of good routes to choose from.

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Schweiz Plaisir West Edition Filidor (2004)


Crags covered by this Guide
Bern crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Bächlital 59 Granite SE
Bärenwand 4 Granite SE
Beretli 34 Limestone SW
Bire 4 Limestone SE
Bockstor 66 Limestone SE
Büffelfels 11 Sandstone (hard) S
Bügeleisen 6 Granite E
Dallenboden 40 Sandstone (hard) S
Eldorado 27 Granite S
Engelhörner 134 Limestone all
Gelmerfluh 14 Granite W
Gelmerhörner 24 Granite SE
Gerstenegg 46 Granite E
Gletscherschlucht 40 Limestone NW
Gross Diamantstock 3 Granite all
Guttannen 11 Granite S
Handegg 20 Granite SW
Hintisberg 40 Limestone S
Hornfluh 40 - W
Marée 9 Granite SW
Mittagfluh 10 Gneiss SE
Neuhaus 78 Sandstone (hard) SE
Niederhorn - Buufal 65 Limestone S
Räterichsboden 14 Granite E
Rotsteini 34 Limestone SE
Sommerloch 8 Granite SE
Staldenflue 40 Limestone S
Steinbruch Burgfluh 46 Limestone S
Stockhorn 86 Limestone all
Tschorrenflue 2 Limestone S
Ueschenen Wall 60 Limestone SE
Wissenfluh 85 Limestone SE
Fribourg crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Gastlosen 808 Limestone all
Haute-Savoie crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Aiguilles Rouges 265 Gneiss S
Col de Colombiere 64 Limestone SE
Mont Oreb - Vallorcine 6 Gneiss E
Pointe Percee 19 Limestone all
Valais crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Aiguille d'Orny 10 Granite all
Aiguille de la Cabane 8 Granite all
Bramois 137 Gneiss ?
Brig 222 Gneiss all
Brunegg 200 Limestone all
De Moiry 4 Gneiss SW
Dorénaz 166 Gneiss SW
Dri Horlini 36 Gneiss all
Fieschertal 64 Granite all
Jegihorn 13 Gneiss all
Miéville 326 Granite SE
Orny Hütte - Ecole d'escalade 18 Granite S
Pierre Avoi 31 Limestone SW
Sanetsch 182 Limestone SE
Wiwanni 122 Gneiss S
Vaud crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Drapel 171 Limestone SW
Les Diablerets 333 Limestone all
Miroir de l'Argentine 14 Limestone all
Pierre du Moelle 77 Limestone S
Yvorne 64 Limestone S

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