Arête des Raisins  5.7

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Type:  Sport, 3 pitches, 240 feet, Grade II Consensus:  5.7 [details] FA:  Marie-Louise Savon, Marcel Estruch and Raymond Francou: 1952 Re-equipped by Bernard Privat: 1988. Season:  sping/fall are std seasons Submitted By:  Brian in SLC on Dec 12, 2012 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

Arête des Raisins is a fun route, quickly climbed, with great views. Reasonably well bolted.

Three pitches:

• Pitch 1: climb up the steep but well featured face, a bit run out, clip a bolt and wander up to the right on slabby ramp features. 5.7, 20m.

• Pitch 2: Easier ground on somewhat broken terrain leads right to a chimney/crack. Climb up the chimney. 5.5 for around 20m.

• Pitch 3: Follow the chimney for around 20m then another 10m of easier terrain to the top of the formation. 5.7.

Location 

Located on the left side of the left wall, just right of a small pillar at the end of the solid buttress.

The left-most route at Falaise du Renard.

Protection 

Fairly well bolted. Fixed belay stations.

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Start of Arête des Raisins	View across to La Candelle from the top of Arête d...	Cap Morgiou from the top of Arête des Raisins