Dry Tooling & Sport Mixed Climbing

A range of venues are covered to give a sample of the fun and highly physical training venues around the Mont Blanc Massif. From classic dry tooling sites like Le Fayet and ‘The Zoo’ above Sallanches to more icy mixed venues like Mont Saxonnex & Megeve La Stassaz.

Bolted sport mixed / dry climbing on the first pitch of Voie de Droite M7

Setting off up the steep then awkward first pitch of Voie de Droite M7

Setting off up the fine sport mixed central line of Casa de Papel (M6+)

Alloasaurus! A fine sustained, but not desperate, D7 over on the far right hand side of The Zoo.

Dry Tooling route at Le Fayet

Steeper Roof Climb Right Of The Warm Up Route At Le Fayet

I have a dry'M, Servoz pitch 1 tricky départ!

The end of the nice short rightward rising traverse on Pitch 2 of I have a dry'M, Servoz

The much steeper pitch 3 of I have a Dry'M, Servoz

The pumpy finish to the steep penultimate pitch on Momus, M6, Servoz

Left again both the steepness and burlyness increase with a particularly long move off a R hand side pull at the crux 

Enjoyable steady climbing up The Groove D4

Further left from the Groove is the fine wall with 2 D5 (?) routes

The 'warm up' route at The Zoo, The Groove D4

Left again the angle increases (D6) with a short steep roof crux

Dry & icy mixed climbing on 'German Assasin' Mont Blanc du Tacul

Excellent intro dry tooling route at The Zoo, Sallanches

Another good steep and pumpy dry tooling route at Le Fayet Parc Thermal

The 'Warm Up Route' at the Fayet Dry Tooling crag

One of the easier (Hard M5?) sport routes at Les Glaciers, Mont Saxonnex

Steep ice mixed climbing at the Cascade Stassaz area Cote 2000, Megeve

7 March 2021, Momus, Servoz Dry Tooling

27 January 2021, Ice Climbing Conditions In The Aravis & Mt Blanc Massifs