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3a. Ressauts inférieurs

International > Europe > France > 05 Southern Alps > Haut Durance /… > e. Briancon + s… > Casse de Prelles

Description

Tall highly-featured rock, mostly less-than-vertical on sector "Les Ressauts inférieurs".
Faces roughly SouthEast (so goes into shade late afternoon in summer).

info: As of 2018 ... the print guidebook Briancon Climbs (2015 edition) by Rolland (Yann, Jonathan, Martine, and Jean-Jacques) is the only source we know for details about routes here.

Routes in this sector include:
* Katsup attitude : (two pitches)
* Les cadors : (two pitches)
* Ou  sont mes friends : (single-pitch)
* Cass-sure
* Camalot direct
* Cass'sting d'enfer
* Comme on a dit
* La lucarne
* L'arc al'pin

Getting There

From the main Parking, start 50-80 meters N on dirt road to trail sign at (N44.8411 E6.5769). Turn L onto trail and up NW 100 meters to junction with a wider trail. Next go Left 220 meters SSW up gentle on wide trail to (N44.8398° E6.5750). Curve sharp Right and go 130 meters zig-zag NW SW NW to reach corner at (N44.8405 E6.5740). Exit R from wide trail onto narrow trail and go 60 meters NNW with some scrambling to reach the platform at the left end of sector 3a "Ressauts inférieurs".

. (To reach sector 3b "Ressauts supérieurs" or 3c "Ressauts de droite" from here, next scramble on talus 60 meters low right NE + NNE to reach (N44.8414 E6.5739), then turn Left and scramble 30 meters up W to reach rope. Turn Left up the rope SW to reach sector "Ressauts supérieurs". Or turn Right and diagonal down NE to soon reach sector "Ressauts de droite").

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