Miollet, Valgrisenche

Good climbing, mainly single pitch in a very delightful situation. There is a nice 3 pitch route (Cleo), giving homogeneous climbing at 5b/5c The start is from the second little flat area below where the path meets the crag, before heading to the upper crag. On the first pitch a little ramp slanting rightwards at about 10m avoids the more direct line of bolts (6a+).

Pedestrian access

Drive up Valgrisenche until the tiny village of Bethaz, (1.5km before Valgrisenche village.) Park at the end of the village near the fountain (carefully to not block the circulation of farming vehicles), then dirt track for 500m to limited parking. An obvious path leads up and rightwards to the lower, easier crag in 15 minutes, before cutting back leftwards to the higher crag, (another 5 minutes).

Details

Means of descent

Abseil/Lower off

Remarks

There would appear to be a lot more bolted lines than are shown in the Mani Nude 2 guidebook. The newer bolts can cause some confusion.