Niaux Valley – Génat, Sibada and Alliat
There’s a huge amount of climbing in the Ariege, featuring limestone and granite; single pitch valley cragging and bigger mountain adventures and to suit all tastes and abilities. The Niaux […]
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Keep Calamès and Carry On Climbing!
Our onwards travels with our counter-intuitive escape from rain-soaked Spain took us to the Ariege in the French Pyrenees, just to the north of Andorra. The forecast promised a generally […]
Climbing above Ax
We experienced two contrasting faces of the climbing above Ax Les Thermes. On Sunday we did a 500ft route high on the South East face of the Dent d’Orlu. Bigish […]
Autumn is catching up
Time to shuffle further south – forecast for a spot of rain here mid next week so we’re heading south. Here are a few autumnal shots including the view from”Camping […]
Back to Alliat
Headed back to Alliat today as a) it’s shady and b) it’s by far the best limestone crag we’ve found around here, and amongst the best I’ve climbed on anywhere! […]
Alliat, Le Carol and Pereille
The last few day’s climbing has been focused on seeking out shade – how crazy is that, in late October in the Pyrenees? Alliat is a stupendous crag with some […]
‘Appy Birthday Helen
Where better than the crag of Appy – set high up amongst sheep pastures at 1200m this Gneiss little crag has a fantastic ambience. The climbing is pretty decent too, […]
Dent d’Orlu
A rest day for aching arms provided a window for a sprint up the Dent d’Orlu, the most pronounced landmark above Ax les Thermes. 10km of dirt track proved easy […]
Sinsat
Back to the limestone and an initial foray to Sinsat. The upper crags here look awesome (see panorama) but we left those for a future trip. The lower tier crags […]
Auzat
…or maybe ‘ows ‘at for a crag. A switch to granite for the day yields a cooler temperature and less crimpy climbing. Just what the doctor ordered.
Baychon in Ariege
Arrived at a very quiet campsite near Tarascon. Great views and free WiFi for a tenner a night. First venture onto Pyrenean rock took us to Baychon situated above the […]
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