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Review
Definitive guidebook in French and German to single and multi-pitch sport climbing in the Bernese Jura, covering the area around Biel over 288 pages. 25 crags or areas are included, generally split into several buttresses or sub-crags. Standout venues include Plagne (75 pages alone), Orvin, and the crags around Moutier and Grandval.
The climbs are detailed only in sketch topos, however these are of good quality and one may consider that the hilly and forested environment would often make photo topos impractical. Compensatingly, there are great photos of the local snakes, the smooth snake and aspic viper: only the latter is venemous.
Bern crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
---|---|---|---|
ArĂȘte Speciale | 1 | Limestone | W |
Bonnes Fontaines | 51 | Limestone | SE |
Gaicht | 30 | Limestone | SE |
La Neuveville | 17 | Limestone | S |
Le Paradis | 90 | Limestone | SE |
Le RĂȘche | 58 | Limestone | S |
Le Schilt | 14 | Limestone | S |
Plagne | 698 | Limestone | W |
Raimeux | 50 | Limestone | S |
Rochers de Grandval | 90 | Limestone | S |
Roches d'Orvin | 227 | Limestone | S |
Vingelz | 46 | Limestone | S |