France

Climbing in France

• Ailefroide

  France · sport · Granite

  Peak estimates: June, July

  sport climbers accidentally become mountaineers here

• Briançon / Hautes-Alpes

  France · trad & sport · Granite / Limestone (varies by sector)

  Peak estimates: July, August

  Every rock type. Still choosing a warm-up.

• Buoux

  France · sport · Limestone

  Peak estimates: April, October

  Your gym grade just met the 1980s.

• Céüse

  Hautes-Alpes, France · sport · Limestone

  Peak estimates: June, July

  Sport climbers discovering cardio against their will.

• Chamonix

  France · trad & alpine · Granite / Gneiss

  Peak estimates: July, August

  Cable car alpinism

• Fontainebleau

  Île-de-France, France · bouldering · Sandstone

  Bouldering — exposed, sunny boulders: March, April, May, September, October · Bouldering — shaded forest sectors: March, April, May, September, October

  World class humiliation at waist height.

• Gorges du Tarn

  France · trad & sport · Limestone

  Peak estimates: May, September

  The route ends when your forearms do.

• Les Calanques

  France · trad & sport · Limestone

  Peak estimates: April, October

  Sea cliffs. Your car is still looking for parking.

• Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux

  France · sport · Limestone

  Season not verified yet

  Tufas with a very demanding handshake.

• Verdon

  Provence, France · sport · Limestone

  Peak estimates: May, October

  rappeller's paradise