Climbing site - Les Cornettes de Bise

Without doubt the most beautiful climbing site in the Chablais.

The massif of Cornettes de Bise or "Little Horn" forms the main climbing region of the Chablais massif, by the total number and variety of routes it offers. There are three sites, Cornettes, Pavis and Velan, well individualized and all of which have in common easy access by road Bise. The refuge of Bise, at the end of the paved road, allows to radiate easily on the various sectors.

The southern and western sectors of Cornettes de Bise (2432 m), and their sixty tracks of all levels, form the largest group. It is subdivided into three well individualized faces. The WNW slope, commonly known as West Pillar, located on the left of the Pas de la Bosse is the first visible when one is at Bise Cottages. On the other side of the Pas de la Bosse, at the edge of the Sérauquin corridor, you can turn to the SSE side, usually called the South Face, a superb and imposing wall that drains a good part of the "all" beautiful roads of the region. This long and beautifully sunny slope extends to the sector Toper bordered by the corridor of Calaz. The north-eastern slope, above the Chaudin valley on the Swiss side, is more suitable for ski touring than for climbing, even though the ...

The south-eastern face of Pavis (2077 m) which dominates the lake of Darbon and loops the north-west valley above Bise. This beautiful wall, well individualized offers some escalations of medium level to abominably difficult.

Finally the Dent du Velan (2090 m) form a narrow and short wall which dominates in the south the neck of Ugeon and north the valley of Novel. There are some climbs of little altitude uneven or not equipped, but easy.

The helmet is recommended.
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