Northern France

The area of France north and west of the main alpine regions and Lake Geneva.

Fontainebleau: There are numerous guides to "Font", not surprising when you consider it is probably the most popular bouldering destination in the world. The guides we stock are arranged approximately in the order of which level of climber they are aimed at, those with mainly easier problems first, those with harder problems later.

Fontainebleau Fun Bloc

Jingo Wobbly - Fontainebleau Fun Bloc

£30.00

A new style of Fontainbleau guide that is designed for a group of climbers with big crash pads that move slowly through the forest. It takes each boulder individually and shows every problem available - using photo topos and very high quality aerial plans. This allows a group of mixed ability boulderers to completely work out a boulder - before moving onto the next one; and will be ideal for groups who want to stay together during a climbing day. An excellent book for first time visitors with really good clear maps.

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Fontainebleau Magique

Jingo Wobbly - Fontainebleau Magique

£24.99

About 2500 (out of an estimated 30000) boulder problems described at Europe's premier bouldering spot with the usual Jingo Wobbly dash and style. Generally aimed at the mid to lower grade boulderer and so nicely filling a very obvious gap in the market.

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Fontainebleau Climbs

Bâton Wicks - Fontainebleau Climbs

£19.95

Translation from the French with lots of pictures and diagrams showing you how to locate and do nearly 3000 problems in almost 40 areas of the forest. Over 100 circuits of linked problems at similar grades are described and a good selection of grades is covered, from Yellow (2a - 3a) to White (5c - 8b). This is an excellent guide, especially for anyone who hasn't visited "Font" before, as it has over 100 maps showing the circuits and other details of the area.

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Essential Fontainebleau

Stone Country Press - Essential Fontainebleau

£9.99

Neat little selected guide to Font, a selected guide to 350 essential problems, from classic circuits to famous testpieces. Well illustrated with good maps and stacks of photos.

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Fontainebleau - Bouldering "Off Piste"

Bâton Wicks - Fontainebleau - Bouldering "Off Piste"

£18.99

From the authors of Fontainebleau Climbs, Jo and Françoise Montchaussé and Jacky Godoffe, a new guide detailing many of the new boulder problems that have been discovered in recent years in the harder grades of 6 and above. 3000 problems are detailed, and these are problems outside of the circuits so this guide is complementary to the previous guide rather than replacing it.

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Font à Bloc

Versante Sud - Font à Bloc Volume 1

£29.99

Bouldering in Fontainebleau around the area around city of Fontainebleau itself. The guide covers middle to high grade routes, around Font 7.

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5 + 6

5 + 6: 3975 straight ups in Central and Southern Fontainebleau

£29.95

A clear pictorial guide to nearly 4000 straight up boulder problems of medium difficulty in the major part of the Fontainebleau Forest. Grades range from 5- to 6c+ (about V1 to V6).

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7 + 8

Axis - 7 + 8: 1789 straight ups in Fontainebleau

OP

£29.99

Not for everyone! Topos to 1789 "straight up" boulder problems at Fontainbleau - the only drawback is that they are all graded from F7a to F8c (ie V6 and harder!). Sorry, out of print. New edition due June 2012.

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Fontainebleau Bouldermap

tmms Verlag - Fontainebleau Bouldermap

£24.95

A set of three bouldering maps covering the Franchard, Bas Cuvier and Apremont areas of Fontainebleau. All the circuits are named and graded and there is a photographic overview of many individual boulders set around the margins of each map. Probably the best way of keeping to your chosen circuit and knowing where you are in the woods!

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Northern France - Elsewhere:

Rock Climbing, Canyoning & Via Ferrata:

Bourgogne

Jingo Wobbly - Bourgogne

£29.99

Nineteen of the major crags in the Bourgogne (Burgundy) area around Dijon, Auxerre and Macon in North-West France presented in Jingo Wobbly's colourful topo style with lots of superb photographs. Notes on local wines and a map of vinyards round off the experience - a fruity little number indeed.

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Swiss Plaisir West

Filidor - Swiss Plaisir West

£37.50

Topo guide to bolted valley and mountain crag climbs from F3a - F6b in in the centre and west of Switzerland, covering the area south and west of Interlaken, Meringen, and the Grimsal Pass (and including these areas too). It includes a selection of crags from the Bernese Oberland, and the Valais (Wallis) Alps (Zermatt, Sion), many crags around Martigny, and even a dozen venues in the Chamonix and Annecy areas of France, making it the most useful of these Swiss guides for "Brits on their annual hols".

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Vallée de l'Arve

Epikroc - Vallée de l'Arve

£37.95

A nicely produced guide to all (well some of) that wonderful limestone you see when driving from Geneva to Chamonix. Mainly sport climbing, but some crags may require a small rack. Superb photo and line diagrams.

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Ice Climbing:

Cascades de Glace Vol 1

JM Editions - Cascades de Glace from Mont Blanc to Léman Volume 1

£26.95

A photo-topo guide to the extensive winter icefall and mixed climbing to the west of Mont Blanc area, from St Gervais-Les-Bains to Annecy, and extending northwards as far as Cluses and south to Ugine. Very useful for Brits as this is the area that you drive through on your way to Chamonix.

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Cascades de Glace Vol 2

JM Editions - Cascades de Glace from Mont Blanc to Léman Volume 2

£26.95

A photo-topo guide to the extensive winter icefall and mixed climbing to the north of Mont Blanc, from Sallanches to Lac Léman (Lake Geneva).

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Walking:

Walking in the Haute Savoie: North

Cicerone - Walking in the Haute Savoie: North

£12.00

The Haute Savoie is the beautiful mountain area to the west of Chamonix, between Chamonix and Annecy in the south, and up to Lake Geneva in the north. The North book covers the area south of Lake Geneva (Saleve, Vallee Verte, Chablais). 30 walks are described.

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Walking in the Haute Savoie: South

Cicerone - Walking in the Haute Savoie: South

£12.95

The Haute Savoie is the beautiful mountain area to the west of Chamonix, between Chamonix and Annecy in the south, and up to Lake Geneva in the north. The South book covers the area between Annecy and Chamonix (Faucigny/Haut Giffre, Aravis/Borne) 30 walks are described.

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