400m, 14 pitches.

Rockfax Description
425m. A superb route which is also know as 'Chapelle de la Glière'. The 'razoir pitch' is probably the most photographed in the valley and you'll understand why when you do it. Start at a bolt and a peg at the foot of a wide, right-facing corner-crack. There are some fully bolted but less travelled routes around the start; ignore these and stick to the corner.
1) 5a, 30m. Climb the wide and polished corner-crack to a bolt belay on the left where it widens. If the belay is occupied, there is another one 5m up and to the right.
2) 4b, 25m. Continue up the corner-crack to gain the ridge.
3) 4a, 50m. Follow the ridge crest easily and then climb the blocky rock step above. Stay right at the top of this and don't be tempted leftwards by the presence of two bolted belays. Belay at the foot of a steep, well-worn corner with a peg 5m up.
4) 5b, 30m. Climb the corner, which is strenuous in places, to a semi-hanging bolt/peg belay on a small, sloping ledge.
5) 5a, 25m. Continue up the corner and exit via a steep pull onto slabbier ground. Follow this up and rightwards to a block belay at the start of an easy section of ridge.
6) 4a, 55m. Follow the ridge easily to where it steepens, and step right and climb a wide groove to a belay on a ledge with a short, orange slab on the left with a bolt a few metres up it. Given the ease of the climbing at the start of this pitch, moving together for part of this pitch makes sense and avoids having to bring a 60m rope specifically for this section.
7) 5c, 20m. Climb the slab (one hard move at the start) and step up and right at the top to an exposed belay on a spike.
8) 5a, 25m. The legendary 'razoir pitch'. Stand on top of the spike and make a committing move onto the slab above. Climb straight up and then slightly rightwards to reach the top of the slab. Follow this via a couple of bits of fixed gear down and rightwards to a bolt on the right where the slab ends.
9) 5a, 50m. Scramble up onto a small area of boulders and walk along this leftwards to join the ridge crest. Follow this to a steep groove. Climb this and step right at the top to belay on a spike.
10) 3c, 40m. Move right and climb broken ground up and rightwards. Pass through a groove and belay on spikes above.
11) 3c, 30m. Traverse right across easy ground and scramble through a notch to belay right below the Chapelle itself.
12) 5b, 30m. Climb the steep wall of the Chapelle via some steep and satisfying moves. At the top of the wall, follow the crest of the rock ridge down and right to a bolt belay beneath a final steep wall.
13) 6a, 15m. Head up the steep wall past some tenuous-feeling moves. There is sometimes some tat around a wobbly spike protecting the last few moves. © Rockfax

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lostflatlander 1 Mar, 2023 Show βeta
βeta: Climbed a botled line to the right of the first pitch to get ahead of some of the crowds. Pitch goes at approx. 5b (it was not in our guidebook)
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βeta: Climbed a botled line to the right of the first pitch to get ahead of some of the crowds. Pitch goes at approx. 5b (it was not in our guidebook)
Callum_Johnson 8 Aug, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: You can make the 6a pitch 5a by pulling our right just after the bolt.
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βeta: You can make the 6a pitch 5a by pulling our right just after the bolt.
JSudd 27 Jun, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: There is no bolt belay at the end of the second last pitch. Either belay from a spike at the top of the slab or from an awkward spike and block at the bottom of the last pitch.
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βeta: There is no bolt belay at the end of the second last pitch. Either belay from a spike at the top of the slab or from an awkward spike and block at the bottom of the last pitch.
martinfindlay 23 Jun, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: Great route - the 6a pitch has some fixed gear, so basically sport climbing. The rest of the route has some pitons but some trad gear is needed.
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βeta: Great route - the 6a pitch has some fixed gear, so basically sport climbing. The rest of the route has some pitons but some trad gear is needed.
Olivermorrell 22 Jan, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Easy but exposed, final pitch is short but daunting.
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βeta: Easy but exposed, final pitch is short but daunting.

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