Climbing around Ailefroide – Multi-Pitch Routes and Crags

This is a comprehensive guidebook describing the rock climbing on the numerous granite walls that surround Ailefroide, covering both single pitch sport routes and long multi-pitch alpine routes.

The guidebook describes 343 single pitch sport routes from easy F3’s to F9a across 13 sectors. Also included are 168 long multi-pitch alpine routes from F5a to F6c in 23 sectors that are up to 500m long. The vast majority of these multi-pitch routes are well bolted and face all directions around Ailefroide in a fantastic alpine setting.

All the routes are shown on colour photo topos. For the multi-pitch routes there is also a short description, along with the required number of quickdraws, and/or the trad gear required. Also shown on the topos are the abseil points (and length) along with any other descent information. For each sector there is a location map, approach information, and orientation.

Including a few clean climbs. The surroundings and the routes themselves are in a fantastic alpine setting. Perfect for the hot summer, but also suitable for warmer spring and fall days.
Almost all topos can be found on color photos, a few are presented graphically. Otherwise, the routes are all described clearly and adequately.

French version is this one:
Escalades autour d’Ailefroide – Grandes Voies et Ecoles

240 pages,
2025 edition