Bouldering in Val Ferret (Switzerland):
For lovers of giant stones and climbing moves who are keen to escape serious summer heat, the area round Martigny in the Lower Valais, Switzerland, is packed with possibilities… Every year, new sectors of variable size are discovered, and brushed off by tireless boulderers.
The splendid Val Ferret, which runs from Italy to Switzerland along the foot of the south-facing slopes of the Mont Blanc massifs and the Trient Glacier have long attracted clamberers of every ilk.
In the Swiss part of this bucolic belt, the glaciers have left in their wake many boulders – the fruits left when the crystalline giants all around shed their skins.
Further reading:
- Article (in French): Val Ferret by Laurent de Senarclens, Grimper, no.79/July 2004
– Routebook: Escalades en Bas-Valais Best of. By François Roduit, published by Stone free, 2003
– IGN maps: (1:25000) 1345 Orsières and 1365 Gd St Bernar
A lire et consulter sur le sujet :
- Article : Val Ferret de Laurent de Senarclens, Grimper no79/juillet 2004
- Topo : Escalades en Bas-Valais Best of. De François Roduit,
éd.Stone free, 2003
- Cartes au 1 :25000 : 1345 Orsières et 1365 Gd St Bernard
