Site with a sporting character, the routes of the Chalp are rather intended for good/very good climbers (few easy routes). A small bar with about forty routes between bouldering steps, resistance and strange balance movements.
Learn moreMassif : Taillefer / Ecrins (at the limit)
IGN map : 3336 ET
Altitude : 1050 m
Orientation : East - South East
Approach time : 7 mn
Favorable period : spring / summer / fall
Rock : gneiss
Number of tracks : 40
Minimum height of the tracks : 15 m
Maximum height of the routes : 25 m
Level of practice : advanced (grades from 3 to 8b)
Climbing style : technical walls, cracks
Equipment:
The whole site was revamped in 2012 by the guides of Bourg d'Oisans. On the program: re-equipment according to the standards of the moment and development of new routes from 3 to 8b. Some of the routes are still quite challenging and require vigilance.
You will be cool on hot days and, at the end of the day, no need to get up early, the sun heats the holds generously in the morning.
The different climbing points are relatively far apart.
You will also find a very small initiation sector, 4 routes (3b, 3b, 2c and 2b). The site has been equipped by the team for a top class family welcome!