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Cuvier : orange AD+ (n°3)

Area description

This very popular and accessible area is situated alongside the N7 (the road between Fontainebleau and Barbizon), 1 kilometer away from (the bivouac of) Barbizon. Park at the big parking lots of the Carrefour de l'Épine, available at both sides of the road. A pedestrian tunnel is available to get you to the other side of the road, if you are coming from Barbizon; you can't make a U-turn on the road here. The first boulders are already visible from the road.

GPS parking lots

N 48.446000, E 2.637430 (Fontainebleau => Paris)
N 48.445100, E 2.637300 (Paris => Fontainebleau)

GPS start of the circuit

N 48.447059, E 2.639106

Circuit description
Due to the popularity of the area and the proximity of the former bivouac near Barbizon, this easiest circuit of Bas Cuvier developed by Patrick Krier is very slippery. Therefore, the difficulty is higher than the average orange circuit (not to mention it was originally a yellow circuit). Not recommended for beginners, unless you want to scare them away from bouldering... The start of the circuit is on the "Place du Cuvier": follow the Sentier Denecourt (Sentier Bleu n°5) from the parking lot for about 50 meters, to follow subsequently the Route du Sanglier when the SB n°5 makes a sharp turn to the right. The "Place du Cuvier" is situated shortly after that junction.

1	Le Petit Rétab 3-	mantle

2	La Fissure de l'Auto 2+	crack

3	L'Envers des Trois 3	slab

4	Le Second Rétab 3-	mantle

5	Le Onzième Trou 2+	crack

6	La Sans les Mains 2	slab / slopers

7	La Voie de l'Arbre 3	wall / pockets

8	La Dalle du Tondu 2	slab / slopers

9	L'Envers du J 3+	-

10	L'Oreille Cassée 3	wall / pockets

11	La Dalle de l'Élan 2	slab

12	La Petite Côtelette 2+	-

13	La Fissure Sud du Coq 2	crack

14	La Traversée de la Crête du Coq 2	traverse

15	La Proue 2+	-

16	La Tenaille 3-	-

17	La Deux Temps 2+	wall

18	La Voie Bidon 2	-

19	La Dalle du Pape 2	slab

20	La Fissure Est de la Gamelle 2	crack

21	La Traversée du Bock 2+	traverse

22	Le Petit Angle 2+	-

23	Le Muret 2+	-

24	Le Tire Bras 4-	-

25	Le Mur aux Fênes 3-	-

26	Le Trois 2	-

27	Le Petit Surplomb 3	arete / slightly overhanging

28	La Rigole Ouest de la Solitude 3-	-

29	La Delta 2	-

30	La Fissure des Enfants 3-	crack

31	La Grenouille 2	-

32	La Dalle aux Trous 3	slab

33	La Traversée de la Dalle des Flics 3-	traverse

34	La Jarretelle 4	-

35	Le Zéro Sup 2	-

36	Le Boulot 2+	-

37	La Dalle aux Demis 2	-

38	Les Tripes 3-	slab

39	La Dalle du 106 3+	-

40	Le Coin du 5 1	-

41	Les Lunettes 2	-

42	Les Pinces 2+	crack / traverse frtl

43	La Traversée du Doigt 3+	traverse

44	Les Lichens 2	-

45	La Verte 2+	-

46	La Déviation 3	-

47	Le Petit Mur 3+	-

48	L'Envers du Pascal 2+	-

49	L'Envers du Réveil Matin 2+	-

50	La Prestat 3+	wall / crack
	slab on the left of red n°4.