250m, 9 pitches.
P1: 5a, 20m, crack and slab climbing;
P2: 5b, 25m, slab climbing with a steeper section at the end;
P3: 5c, 25m, short vertical section and a left traverse to the belay;
P4: 4b, 20m, gentle slab;
P5: 4a, 30m, gentle slab;
P6: 4a, 25m, gentle slab with grassy sections;
P7: 4a, 25m, gentle slab with grassy more sections;
P8: 5c, 25m, nice face;
P9: 6a, 25m, nice steep face.
It’s possible to avoid P9 by taking the last pitch (P9: 4a, 30m) of the route “Le Blond for ever” to right.
Descent: on foot or abseil down (2x 50m ropes). Continue upwards in the grass for 100m to the path that leads to the Lac Blanc. Follow the path to the left to a junction. At the junction turn left again to go back down.
P2: 5b, 25m, slab climbing with a steeper section at the end;
P3: 5c, 25m, short vertical section and a left traverse to the belay;
P4: 4b, 20m, gentle slab;
P5: 4a, 30m, gentle slab;
P6: 4a, 25m, gentle slab with grassy sections;
P7: 4a, 25m, gentle slab with grassy more sections;
P8: 5c, 25m, nice face;
P9: 6a, 25m, nice steep face.
It’s possible to avoid P9 by taking the last pitch (P9: 4a, 30m) of the route “Le Blond for ever” to right.
Descent: on foot or abseil down (2x 50m ropes). Continue upwards in the grass for 100m to the path that leads to the Lac Blanc. Follow the path to the left to a junction. At the junction turn left again to go back down.
Fran?ois Burnier, Victor Burnier and Denis Poussin 2014.
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Memoire de Genoux
Grade: 6a ***
(Monolith)