UKC

We're going to be heading to a wedding south of Lyon in August and will have a few days for adventuring afterwards. I was wondering if anyone on here had any recommendations for any crags or mountains worth visiting? Also any guide books worth getting?
We'll have a car so are flexible with transport.

In reply to youngtom:

I'm just back from a weekend in Ailefroide. We went via Lyons Airport and its about a 4 hour drive from there. Lots of excellent multi-pitch sport on granite.

In reply to youngtom:

Just south of Lyon, or quite a bit south?

If it's the first one there's not much until you get down to the Drome, or even Ardeche.

In reply to TimB:


The town is called Epinouze, it's about 70 km from Lyon I think. We're going to be driving back to the UK so it would be nice if we weren't going much further south.

The UKC crag database listed a few crags in the area so we might try them.

Flat Eric: that looks cool, heading out that way might work.

In reply to youngtom:
OK, if you're looking for close places for a quick visit there are these:
http://climbingaway.fr/fr/site-escalade/pont-de-vergelet
http://climbingaway.fr/fr/site-escalade/tour-de-montleans

But it'll be hot.

If you really do have a few days then heading to the hills is the best idea. Ailefroide is great, but it's not on the way back to the UK. You could head northeast and go somewhere around Annecy.

PS the map on climbingaway is a bit more complete than the UKC database

In reply to youngtom:

La drome at buis les baronies or les dentelles

In reply to Shuttsie:

Stacks of crags around Lake Annecy and close to Chamonix.

Col de Colombiere etc. All going north back to the UK.

In reply to youngtom:

You will be quite close to the Vercours. There is a sport crag at Lans En Vercours, which has a good spread of grades. There is also Presles near Pont en Royan, but the routes there are long and generally harder - i.e. HVS or above.

One of the best show caves I've ever been in is at Choranche in the Vercours. This is worth a visit.

In reply to youngtom:

If you don't want to go out of your way back then have a look at the crags round Dijon eg. Cormot, Hauteroche, Saffres, Fixin etc

for the stuff round Annecy have a look at http://www.escalade-74.com/ - click Falaises
the stuff round the lake will probably be too hot but higher up in the Aravis can be great in summer

In reply to youngtom:

djion

Thanks for all the suggestions folks. I'll have a look at them all and see what we have time to fit in.