Rockfax Description
160m. Another pseudo trad route that requires a rack. This route has some technical climbing, initially steep and then more slabby higher up.
1) 5b. Climb the featured slab.
2) 5c. Cross the slab and climb the corner to an overhang.
3) 6a. Climb up and left to the slab.
4) 6b. Follow the bolted slab to a crack system.
5) 6a. Follow the slab, passing numerous ledges.
The route continues much further up Mont Oreb but those extra pitches are not described here. © Rockfax
UKC Logbook Description
Climbed in two parts. Obligatory moves of 6a+
Lower:
5b to single bolt on ledge
5c slab and dihedral
6a slab then overhang with unprotected traverse
6b well protected slab
6a+ slab
Upper:
6c slab and crack
6b+ Wall climb up to the right
6a+
6b corner
6b+ dihedral and slab
Great Alpine routes not in Chamonix Rockfax 1st Ed.
User | Date | Notes | ||
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Jim blackford | 30 May, 2023 |
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βeta: First pitches in the rockfax are wrong - the start is marked by a single bolt 35m to the right of the previous route. Topo on rockfax + other online completely wrong. Ukc logbook description is correct. | βeta? | |
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βeta: First pitches in the rockfax are wrong - the start is marked by a single bolt 35m to the right of the previous route. Topo on rockfax + other online completely wrong. Ukc logbook description is correct. |
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Grade: TD 6b ***
(Envers des Aiguilles)