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Face Ouest

  • Grade context: FR
  • Ascents: 45

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Access issues inherited from Buoux

Climbing is only authorized from the sectors "Face Ouest" to "Bout du Monde" on the Aiguebrun cliff. All the other areas, including the Confines cliff (on the opposite side) are currently on private land and are closed. Camping and fires are prohibited.

Climbing was forbidden in Buoux for more than a decade. The last area to have been reopened is the Face Ouest area which was re-opened in 2010 with many new routes and some classic lines rebolted.

Not respecting these rules could lead to the area being closed again.

Ethic inherited from Buoux

  • No camping
  • No sleeping in car parks
  • No fire
  • Don't leave any trash
  • Brush off your chalk and tick marks

Routes

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A triangular bulge leads into a prominent shallow corner crack. A small fig tree has sprouted about 10m up the crack.

Was free soloed by Alain Robert in 1991. The story goes that Alain almost fell on the low percentage mantle moves, one of his feet slipping off. Photographer Laurent Belluard remembers seeing Alain re-establishing himself and finishing the route like nothing had happened. A couple of German climbers who had been trying the route were speechless.

First French 8b and second 8b in the world

FA: Antoine Le Menestrel, 1985

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Author(s): Francoise Lepron & Jean-Bastiste Tribout

Date: 2021

ISBN: 9782957978915

A comprehensive guidebook describing all the sport climbing and bouldering at Buoux, covering around 800 routes.

Author(s): Adrian Berry

Date: 2009

ISBN: 12490279

Dieser Auswahlführer stellt insgesamt 14 traumhafte Klettergebiete der Haute Provence vor. Auch dieser Rockfaxführer versteht sich als Auswahlführer, d.h. die enthaltenen Klettergebiete werden z.T. nur auszugsweise beschrieben, die wichtigen Sektoren sind jedoch enthalten - insgesamt 2345 Routen!

Author(s): David Atchison-Jones

Date: 2006

ISBN: 9781873665619

A selective guidebook describing nearly 40 separate sports climbing and rock climbing areas around Avignon and Mont Ventoux, including the crags of Saint Leger, Venasque, Clapis Face, Saint Julian and Trois Rivieres.

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