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Éléphant Ouest : 7a and harder

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Other overviews 7a and harder: 30 straight-ups13 traverses
Topos: Éléphant Ouest (Philippe Le Denmat)

Coup de Soleil 6c (7a)arete / sitstartRémi Perinet / Gérald Coste
*****  [ 1 photo ] topo nº15; just under the plateau, at the beginning of a corridor. Sitstart, climb the right side of the arete of Surprise sur Prise and exit with a bad crimp right hand.
See also:  [ 1 photo ]  Surprise sur Prise 6a

Lune et Tri 6c (7a)crack / sitstartManuel Marquès
*****  [ 2 photos ] topo nº36; 50m to the left and underneath L'Aileron du Requin. Sitstart in the pit with a monodoigt left hand as for Pac et Tri and climb the oblique crack to the left of the prow.
Update (August 2009) : the sitstart seems to have become much more difficult since a hold broke off.


Le Grand Toit 7a (6c+)roof / mantle-
*****  [ 3 photos ] topo nº11; at the border of the ridge, on the left side along the GR 13, 100m past La Dalle à Poly (end of the black circuit, on the boulder of Le Gruyère). Start low, and exit to the right by a mantle.
See also: La Boucle du Facteur Premier 7c+

L'Aileron du Requin 7aarete / mantle / expoPhilippe Le Denmat
*****  [ 1 video ]  [ 4 photos ] topo nº30; 2m to the left of Cœur de Lion. Start just right of the arete and exit by a mantle.

Cœur de Lion 7awall / crimps / highPhilippe Le Denmat
*****  [ 1 video ]  [ 1 realvideo ]  [ 5 photos ] topo nº31; 2m to the right of L'Aileron du Requin.
See also: Cœur de Lion assis 7a+, Haut de Forme 7b (7a+)

Ode à Did 7asitstart / monos / expoThierry Guéguen
*****  [ 2 photos ] topo nº29; in memoriam of Didier Benjamin, on the left side of the arete of L'Aileron du Requin. Sitstart 1m to the left of the arete, climb the wall using the arete right hand, take a monodoigt and exit with a crack.

Comme il vous Plaira 7awall / sitstartManuel Marquès
*****  [ 1 video ]  [ 3 photos ] topo nº35; 50m to the left and underneath L'Aileron du Requin. Sitstart in the pit with a monodoigt left hand as for Pac et Tri but exit to the right of the arete.
See also:  [ 3 photos ]  Pac et Tri 7b

Désengagé 7awall / mantleStéphan Denys / Laurent Darlot
*****  [ 1 photo ] topo nº28; on the backside of Cœur de Lion, on the boulder of "Le Requin".
See also: Désengagé assis 7a+

La Dernière Chance assis 7aprow / sitstartThomas Jaffry / Gérald Coste
*****  [ 3 photos ] topo nº8; right problem on the East face of the plateau, above the GR, 50m before Le Grand Toit. Sitstart (without crash-pad) with bidoigts and exit via the prow of La Dernière Chance.
See also:  [ 1 photo ]  La Dernière Chance 6b (6c)

Un Jeu pour Toit 7a (7a+)traverse fltr-
*****  [ 6 photos ] topo nº10; sitstart on the flat stone at the exit of Splatch with a jug right hand, traverse to the right on slopers and exit at the end, in a dihedral above the small boulder with the character "E".
See also:  [ 4 photos ]  La Traversée aux Deux Colonnes 7c+

Nerfs à Vif 7a+overhang / prowEric Létot
*****  [ 2 photos ] topo nº24; on the boulder above Le Requin and Cœur de Lion. Start in the overhang 1m50 to the left of Le Spectre and exit via the prow.

Elephant Man assis 7a+crack / sitstart / high-
***** topo nº4; to the right of Transpotting, above the GR, on the first high boulder of the sector. Sitstart to the left with the two hands on an oblique crimp, traverse to the dihedral and exit by the high crack of Elephant Man.
See also:  [ 3 photos ]  Elephant Man 6c

Équivogue 7a+overhang / mantle / sitstartFrançois Louvel
*****  [ 1 video ]  [ 2 photos ] topo nº12; on the boulder of Le Grand Toit, at the border of the ridge, on the left side along the GR 13, 100m past La Dalle à Poly (end of the black circuit, on the boulder of Le Gruyère). Sitstart under the roof, take the central "colonnette" and exit by the mantle of Le Grand Toit.
See also:  [ 9 photos ]  Splatch 7b (7b+),  [ 3 photos ]  Air Sweden 7b+, La Traversée du Splatch 7b+, Équivogue direct 7b+, Le Splatch de Grosminet 7c,  [ 2 photos ]  Air Sweden rallongé 7c+ (7c)

Cœur de Lion assis 7a+wall / crimps / sitstartDennis Teijsse
***** topo nº31; sitstart (by the right) of Cœur de Lion, on the boulder of Le Requin, 2m to the right of L'Aileron du Requin.
See also:  [ 1 realvideo ]   [ 5 photos ]  Cœur de Lion 7a, Haut de Forme 7b (7a+)

Désengagé assis 7a+wall / mantle / sitstartStéphan Denys / Laurent Darlot
***** topo nº28; on the backside of Cœur de Lion, on the boulder of "Le Requin". Sitstart and exit in Désengagé.
See also:  [ 1 photo ]  Désengagé 7a

Haut de Forme 7b (7a+)wall-
topo nº31b; start as for Cœur de Lion but exit to the right (slightly eliminating).
See also:  [ 1 realvideo ]   [ 5 photos ]  Cœur de Lion 7a, Cœur de Lion assis 7a+

Le Cosmoschtroumpf 7b (7a+)slightly overhanging / mantle / highThierry Guéguen
***** on the right face of the bouder of Gargamel. Start under a big jug, use it to climb the overhang and exit by a mantle at the top, above a boulder on the ground.
See also: Azraël et le Cosmoschtroumpf 7b (7b+)

Pac et Tri 7bpillar / sitstartManuel Marquès
 [ 3 photos ] topo nº35; 50m to the left and underneath L'Aileron du Requin. Sitstart in the pit with a monodoigt left hand as for Comme il vous Plaira but traverse to the left with the crack and exit via the round arete.
Update (August 2009) : the sitstart seems to have become much more difficult since a hold broke off.

See also:  [ 3 photos ]  Comme il vous Plaira 7a

Jaws 7bslightly overhanging / crimps / expoYano Salaün
*****  [ 4 photos ] topo nº7; slightly overhanging wall 50m to the right of Le Grand Toit, just under Pas de Panique. Start in the pit and exit by a mantle to the left on jugs.

Grosminet 7broof / sitstartAlain Dupas
*****  [ 1 video ]  [ 6 photos ] topo nº10; to the right of Le Grand Toit. Sitstart to the left of the small boulder marked "E" (without that one) and exit directly in the dihedral before the exit as for Un Jeu pour Toit.
NB : first known realization by Alain Dupas.


Splatch 7b (7b+)roof / sitstartGreg Sobczak
*****  [ 2 videos ]  [ 9 photos ] topo nº12; on the boulder of Le Grand Toit. La Dalle à Poly (end of the black circuit, on the boulder of Le Gruyère). --> Sitstart and climb the central "colonnette" as for Équivogue, but exit by traversing left along the lip.
See also:  [ 2 photos ]  Équivogue 7a+,  [ 3 photos ]  Air Sweden 7b+, La Traversée du Splatch 7b+, Équivogue direct 7b+, Le Splatch de Grosminet 7c,  [ 2 photos ]  Air Sweden rallongé 7c+ (7c)

Azraël et le Cosmoschtroumpf 7b (7b+)slightly overhanging / traverse fltr / expoThierry Guéguen
***** on the right face of the bouder of Gargamel. Begin with crimps 2m to the left of the start of Le Cosmoschtroumpf, traverse to the right to climb this problem up to the ledge, but continue to traverse on it and exit by a mantle after the "nose".
See also: Le Cosmoschtroumpf 7b (7a+)

Air Sweden 7b+roof / dyno / sitstartStefan Pettersson
*****  [ 3 photos ] topo nº12; sitstart 1m to the right of Splatch with left hand in an obvious pocket and right hand on a crimp, make a dyno out to the right big rail, follow this one for a few moves, traverse to the left and exit in Splatch.
See also:  [ 2 photos ]  Équivogue 7a+,  [ 9 photos ]  Splatch 7b (7b+), La Traversée du Splatch 7b+, Équivogue direct 7b+, Le Splatch de Grosminet 7c,  [ 2 photos ]  Air Sweden rallongé 7c+ (7c)

La Traversée du Splatch 7b+roof / traverse-
***** topo nº12; on the boulder of Le Grand Toit. Start with the two hands in the big jug to the left of the roof, low traverse to the right for 5m up to the start of Splatch and continue in that one.
See also:  [ 2 photos ]  Équivogue 7a+,  [ 9 photos ]  Splatch 7b (7b+),  [ 3 photos ]  Air Sweden 7b+, Équivogue direct 7b+, Le Splatch de Grosminet 7c,  [ 2 photos ]  Air Sweden rallongé 7c+ (7c)

Équivogue direct 7b+overhang / slab / mantleManuel Marquès
topo nº12; on the boulder of Le Grand Toit, at the border of the ridge, on the left side along the GR 13, 100m past La Dalle à Poly (end of the black circuit, on the boulder of Le Gruyère). Sitstart under the roof, take the central "colonnette" and exit directly by the slab above.
See also:  [ 2 photos ]  Équivogue 7a+,  [ 9 photos ]  Splatch 7b (7b+),  [ 3 photos ]  Air Sweden 7b+, La Traversée du Splatch 7b+, Le Splatch de Grosminet 7c,  [ 2 photos ]  Air Sweden rallongé 7c+ (7c)

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