Bleau.info : Rocher des Souris : Topo

From the parking lot of La Croix Saint-Jérôme, follow Le Chemin de la Vallée Close for 300m. The small sector of Rocher des Souris is just before the Chemin de la Plaine de Jean des Vignes (the big boulders of "Yogi" and "Extraction Terrestre" can easily be seen on the right).

1	Oxygène 7b	traverse fltr	-
on an isolated boulder at the bottom of the slope. Start at the highest point, traverse a descending face with big pockets, pass the angle and exit at the end of the second face by a mantle on slopers. Access : before Yogi, follow a small path at the bottom of the hill for 100m (in direction of the South-West); the boulder can be found 30m above (rebrushed in May 2006).
2	Oxygène retour 7a+	traverse frtl	-
back traverse of Oxygène. Start completely right on slopers, traverse in a first face, pass the angle, continue on a second face with big pockets and exit at the second angle. from Yogi, Access : before Yogi, follow a small path at the bottom of the hill for 100m (in direction of the South-West); the boulder can be found 30m above. Rebrushed in May 2006.
2b	Oxygène Actif 7c	traverse	Bernard Théret
Oxygène there and back (exit by the slopers on the right).
4	Yoga 7a (6c)	roof / sitstart	Pepito
to the right of Yogi, along the 25 Bosses path, on the right at the crossroad beyond the parking lot.
4b	Yoga en traversée 7b+ (7c)	overhang / traverse frtl / sitstart	Tony Fouchereau
sitstart in Yoga, continue to traverse to the left on the ledge of the roof (without the top holds by convention), pass Yogi and Yoguignol, take the good holds of Le Surplomb Rouge and exit 2m50 further just left of a black n°30 painted on the rock.
5	Yogi 7b	roof	Christophe Laumone
to the left of Yoga, along the 25 Bosses path, on the right at the crossroad beyond the parking. (GPS: N48.386670 E2.523280)
5b	Yoguignol 7b	roof	François-Xavier Joubert / Laurent Raviot
start as for Yogi but go to the left at the ledge of the roof, take a round hold on the left of the angle and exit with the arete right hand. (GPS: N48.386670 E2.523280)
6	Le Surplomb Rouge 6a (6a+)	overhang	-
central problem, marked with a red arrow, with a low start in the overhang to the left of Yogi.
7	- 5+	overhang	-
to the left of Suplomb Rouge, on the boulder of Yogi.
8	- 5+	wall / arete	-
on the left face of the boulder of Yogi.
10	Extraction Terrestre 7a+	roof / prow / sitstart	Bernard Théret
direct prow just right of Le Chemin de la Plaine de Jean des Vignes, behind Yogi; morpho. NB : the original problem was a traverse to the left and a direct exit by the prow (7b).
10b	Vis-à-Vis 7a	sitstart / pockets / overhang	Pepito
just right of Le Chemin de la Plaine de Jean des Vignes, behind Yogi. Sitstart from the jug and reach the exit of Extraction Terrestre by a hook left before finishing right.
10c	Extraction Lunaire 6b	roof / pockets / sitstart	-
to the left of Le Chemin de la Plaine de Jean des Vignes, 20m after Yogi. Sitstart on the right as for Extraction Terrestre, but continue to traverse under the roof and exit on the left of the overhang.
11	Extraction Martienne 6b	roof	Loïc de Saint Etienne / Guillaume Mainbourg
on the left face of the boulder of Extraction Terrestre. Start under the roof and exit at the top of that one.
12	Prouesse 7b (7b+)	prow	Patrick Sercki / Jo Montchaussé
along the 25 Bosses path, 30m above Yogi. (GPS: N48.386380 E2.522950)
14	Téléphone Maison 7a+	traverse frtl / pockets / slopers	Bernard Théret
on the boulder to the right of Prouesse, 30m above Yogi. Sitstart to the right of the arete, traverse to the left on jugs followed by slopers and exit by a mantle at a small tree.
16	Musculus 6c (7a)	traverse fltr / mantle / sitstart	Tony Fouchereau / Pierre Délas
on a boulder with a small tunnel, along the 25 Bosses path, 30m above Prouesse. Sitstart on the left face, traverse on slopers, pass through the taunnel (without touching the back boulder) and exit by a mantle just after.
17	Ratatouille 7b (7c)	roof / sitstart	Tony Fouchereau
evident roof with marbled holds, along the 25 Bosses path, 30m above the tunnel of Musculus. Sitstart on the right with an ear-shaped hold right hand and a vertical hold left hand, dyno to the left of the roof and exit above with a good pocket.
18	Le Petit Velociraptor 6c	wall	-
right problem on the boulder of Kric-Crak, in the evident overhang to the left of the 25 Bosses path, 20m from Ratatouille in the North face. 6c+ by starting to the left from the jug of Clic-Clac.
19	Clic-Clac 5- (5)	slightly overhanging / sitstart	-
sitstart in the overhang to the right of Kric-Crak, and exit directly.
20	Kric-Crak 7b	prow	Philippe Dumez
evident overhang to the left of the 25 Bosses path, 20m from Ratatouille in the North face. Standing start to the right (a sitstart is also possible with the same grade), climb the overhanging prow, take the arete left hand and exit in the right face with a crimp right hand.
21	Velociraptor 7c	slightly overhanging / prow / dyno	François-Xavier Joubert / Frédéric Bouyge
evident overhang to the left of the 25 Bosses path, 20m from Ratatouille in the North face. Start to the left of the overhang with a good vertical crimp left hand, climb the roof to the right for 2m with a big dyno and exit in Kric-Crak with the arete left hand.
21b	Velociraptor en traversée 7b+ (7c)	slightly overhanging / traverse fltr	Tony Fouchereau
evident overhang to the left of the 25 Bosses path, 20m from Ratatouille in the North face. Start to the left of the overhang as for Velociraptor but after the big dyno, downclimb up to the sitstart of Kric-Crak, pass the angle and exit above in Le Petit Velociraptor (without using the small boulders on the ground).
22	L'Homme Volant 7c	arete / slopers / sitstart	Pierre Délas / Cédric Chambellan
small slightly overhanging arete underneath Vélociprator, in the upper part of the sector. Sitstart with the two hands in a moon-shaped hold, climb the arete diagonally to the left and exit at its top.
23	La Souris Volante 5	arete	-
left arete on the boulder of L'Homme Volant, in the upper part of the sector.
24	Un Trou de Souris 6b (6a)	roof / sitstart / slopers	Tony Fouchereau
several meters underneath L'Homme Volant, in the upper part of the sector.
26	La Petite Souris 3	slab	-
right problem on the highest boulder up the slope, above Kric-Crak.
27	La Dalle centrale des Souris 5+	slab	-
central slab on the highest boulder up the slope, above Kric-Crak.
28	La Grande Dalle des Souris 6c	slab / toprope	Philippe Dumez
high slab, starting at a big jug, on the highest boulder up the slope, above Kric-Crak.
29	L'Angle des Souris 6b	arete / slab / expo	-
angle with a tree on the highest boulder up the slope, above Kric-Crak.
30	- 6a	wall	-
right problem on the West face of the highest boulder up the slope, above Kric-Crak.
31	- 5	wall	-
central problem on the West face of the highest boulder up the slope, above Kric-Crak.
32	- 3	wall	-
left problem on the West face of the highest boulder up the slope, above Kric-Crak.
34	La Souris Transgénique 7b (7b+)	traverse frtl / wall / expo	Tony Fouchereau
on the boulder to the opposite of La Souris Mécanique, between L'Homme Volant and La Souris Verte. Sitstart on the right of the boulder, low traverse above the corridor and exit completely left in T'Inquiète.
35	- 4	wall	-
right problem on the boulder to the opposite of La Souris Mécanique, between L'Homme Volant and La Souris Verte.
36	- 4+	wall	-
second problem from the right on the boulder to the opposite of La Souris Mécanique, between L'Homme Volant and La Souris Verte.
37	- 5	wall	Philippe Dumez
direct wall on the boulder to the opposite of La Souris Mécanique, between L'Homme Volant and La Souris Verte.
38	T'Inquiète 6c (6c+)	wall / arete / expo	Philippe Dumez
left angle on the boulder to the opposite of La Souris Mécanique, between L'Homme Volant and La Souris Verte. Start at the tree and exit directly without touching that one.
40	La Souris Mécanique (sortie directe) 7a (6c+)	traverse fltr / pockets / wall	Tony Fouchereau
on a long boulder with characteristic wide holes, between L'Homme Volant and La Souris Verte. Sitstart at the left arete, traverse on big pockets and slopers and exit before the right angle in La Directe.
40b	La Souris Mécanique 6c (6b+)	traverse fltr / pockets	Tony Fouchereau
on a long boulder with characteristic wide holes, between L'Homme Volant and La Souris Verte. Sitstart at the left arete, traverse on big pockets and slopers and exit after the right angle in L'Envers de la Mécanique.
41	- 5	arete	-
left angle on the long boulder with characteristic wide holes of La Souris Mécanique, underneath L'Homme Volant.
42	La Fissure Mécanique 4+	crack	Philippe Dumez
left problem on the principal face of the long boulder with characteristic wide holes of La Souris Mécanique, between L'Homme Volant and La Souris Verte.
43	Tourne à Gauche 6b	wall	Philippe Dumez
central problem on the principal face of the long boulder with characteristic wide holes of La Souris Mécanique, between L'Homme Volant and La Souris Verte.
44	La Directe 6c (6a+)	wall	Fabrice Frébourg
right problem on the principal face of the long boulder with characteristic wide holes of La Souris Mécanique, between L'Homme Volant and La Souris Verte.
45	L'Envers de la Mécanique 4	arete	-
right angle on the long boulder with characteristic wide holes of La Souris Mécanique, between L'Homme Volant and La Souris Verte.
46	Mouse Moussue 2+	slab	-
warming-up problem on the East face of the boulder to the opposite of La Souris Verte.
47	La Flèche Orange 3	slab	-
slab to the opposite of La Souris Verte.
48	La Souris Verte 7a	prow / sitstart / expo	Philippe Dumez
on a big boulder up the slope, to the left of the sector. Sitstart to the right, traverse to the left and exit directly by the prow, using flat pockets and crimps.
49	Face de Rat 6c	wall / toprope	Philippe Dumez
just left of La Souris Verte.
50	Mistoufly 7a	wall / dyno	Philippe Dumez
to the left of La Souris Verte. Dyno to the big jug and exit on the left.
50b	Mistoufly droite 7a+	wall / dyno / toprope	Philippe Dumez
to the left of La Souris Verte. Dyno to the big jug and exit in Face de Rat.
51	- 3+	wall	-
left problem on the boulder of La Souris Verte. Start at big jug and exit directly.
52	L'Arête Sud 6c	arete / toprope	Philippe Dumez
left arete on the boulder of La Souris Verte.
53	La Souris Jaune 3	slab	-
on the West face of the boulder of La Souris Verte.
54	Le Trou de Derrière 6c (7a)	slightly overhanging / arete / dyno	Julien Gasc / Pierre Délas
on the back face of the boulder to the left of La Souris Verte. Standing start in a pit in the middle of the overhang with the two hands on a moon-shaped hold, take the arete and exit without touching the boulders on the left.
55	Le Souriceau 4	slab	-
tiny slab to the opposite of L'Arête Sud, to the left of L'Arête Sud.
56	Le Poing Levé de Tommie Smith 7b (7b+)	slightly overhanging / expo	François-Xavier Joubert / Tony Fouchereau
evident overhang to the right and underneath Trou de Derrière. Le Trou de Derrière. Standing start with a good pocket left hand and a crimp right hand, traverse slightly to the right and exit above with another good pocket.
57	Le Poing Levé de Tommie Smith assis 7b+ (7c)	slightly overhanging / expo / sitstart	François-Xavier Joubert / Tony Fouchereau
evident overhang to the right and underneath Trou de Derrière. Le Trou de Derrière. Sitstart (without crash-pad) to the left of the boulder, and exit as for Le Poing Levé de Tommie Smith.
58	Bernard 6c (6b+)	slightly overhanging	François-Xavier Joubert / Tony Fouchereau
left problem on a boulder 20m underneath Le Poing Levé de Tommie Smith, above Le Chemin de la Plaine de Jean des Vignes. Standing start to the left and exit to the left of the arete without touching the back boulder.
59	Bianca 7b (7a+)	slightly overhanging / mantle / slab	Tony Fouchereau
right problem on a boulder 20m underneath Le Poing Levé de Tommie Smith, above Le Chemin de la Plaine de Jean des Vignes. Standing start in the belly to the right of Bernard and exit in the slab above.
60	Le Bracelet Magique 6b (6c)	traverse frtl / mantle / sitstart	-
on the backside of a boulder 10m above le Chemin de la Plaine de Jean des Vignes. Sitstart at the right angle with a crimp right hand, traverse on the ledge using a characteristic pierced pocket and exit by a mantle on the left angle.
		Outside the topo
Prouesse assis 7c+		prow / sitstart	Laurent Vigouroux
along the 25 Bosses path, 30m above Yogi. Sitstart on a small crah-pad with the arete left hand and an undercling right hand, climb the prow and exit in Prouesse. (GPS: N48.386380 E2.522950)
Squeeze Me 6c		prow / pinches / slopers	Ivan Moreels
evident prow on the backside of a digged overhang, 50m to the West of the picknick tables on the right of the parking lot of La Croix Saint-Jérôme.
Squeeze Me assis 6c+		prow / pinches / sitstart	Ivan Moreels
sitstart of the prow on the backside of a digged overhang, 50m to the West of the picknick tables on the right of the parking lot of La Croix Saint-Jérôme.
Fokechnikov 6c		dyno	Julien Gasc / Marc Lehner
1m50 to the left of Squeeze Me, on the backside of a digged overhang, 50m to the West of the picknick tables on the right of the parking lot of La Croix Saint-Jérôme. Dyno from a crimp left hand to the good sloper of Squeeze Me and exit in that one.
Mucho Bueno 6b (6c)		arete	Philippe Dumez / Alain Suidi
exit crack of La Malle des Indes, 100m after Squeeze Me, up the slope.
Mucho Bueno assis 7a		crack / sitstart	Philippe Dumez
100m after Squeeze Me, up the slope. Sitstart (without crash-pad) with the second undercling of the low part of La Malle des Indes, dyno to the crack and exit with that one at the top of the boulder. NB : sitstart at the bottom of the crack is only 6c.
La Malle des Indes 7a+ (7b)		crack / underclings / traverse frtl	Bernard Théret
100m after Squeeze Me, up the slope. Start in the small right face, passe the angle, low traverse with underclings, dyno to the crack and exit with that one at the top of the boulder.
Hueco Trip 6c (6c+)		prow / overhang / sitstart	François-Xavier Joubert / Thierry Vasseur
on an isolated boulder in the West face, 20m underneath the top of the hill, on the left and under Hueco Camp. Access : follow the 25 Bosses path up to the top of the hill; the boulder is 20m underneath a characteristic roof protected by a fence.
Hueco Camp 7a		overhang / sitstart / expo	Elric Besnier / Gérald Coste
on an isolated boulder in the West face, 20m underneath the top of the hill, to the right and above Hueco Trip. Sitstart in the corridor, traverse to the right, pass the angle and exit on the prow slightly right. Access : follow the 25 Bosses path up to the top of the hill; the boulder is 20m underneath a characteristic roof protected by a fence.

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