Full Description
Fontainebleau Climbs - the newly updated 2025 third edition of this essential guidebook.
The forest of Fontainebleau in northern France is the most famous bouldering area in the world. Thousands of sandstone boulders lie scattered over an area of 1,200 square kilometres of pine, beech and oak forest. The climbing style is addictive, a subtle mixture of body positioning, footwork and power that is as demanding mentally as it is physically.
There are problems at every grade imaginable, from the easiest of circuits to world-class testpieces. Many of these problems are grouped into the circuits for which Font is famous. Marked with coloured dots and arrows, they offer the climber a unique way in which to explore each climbing area.
Fontainebleau Climbs - The finest bouldering and circuits, written by local climbers Jo and Françoise Montchaussé and Jacky Godoffe, is the perfect way to discover and enjoy these circuits. With descriptions of the areas and the circuits and grades found in each, this easy-to-use guide is full of useful and practical advice, tips on where to go after rain or in hot weather, on accommodation and on child-friendly areas. Easy to read, full-colour maps show the starting point, layout and key boulders for each circuit.
There are over 100 maps, just under 100 circuits and more than 3,000 boulder problems, together with stories and anecdotes on the famed history of Fontainebleau climbing.
Contents
A beginner's guide
Introduction
Kaleidoscope
Timeless Bleausard essentials
How to use this guide
The Main Forest Area
Le Cuvier
Bas Cuvier
Apremont
Gorges d'Apremont
Apremont Bizons
Envers d'Apremont
Désert d'Apremont
Franchard
Isatis
Hautes Plaines
Sablons
Cuisinière
Rocher Canon
Rocher Canon
Around Fontainebleau
Mont Aigu
Mont Ussy
Les Trois Pignons
Around Arbonne-la-Forêt
Bois Rond
Rocher de la Reine
Canche aux Merciers
Les Grandes Vallées
Gorges aux chats
La Croix Saint-Jérôme
95.2
Jean des Vignes
Rocher des Potêts
Gros Sablons
Around Noisy-sur-Ecole
Roche aux Sabots
Roche aux Oiseaux
Cul de Chien
91.1
Around Le Vaudoué
Rocher Guichot
Diplodocus
Vallée de la Mée-Rocher du Potala
Rocher Fin
J.A Martin
The North-West
Nainville
Télégraphe
The South
Around Nemours
Dame Jouanne
Maunoury
Éléphant
Petit Bois
Around Malesherbes
Buthiers Canard
Massif de'I/Piscine
Practical information
Index
