Climbing above Orvin

Somehow we've never climbed in the area above Orvin before... weird.

We picked the area because it's south facing and, even with the great weather, we weren't 100% sure about the temperature. Didn't need to worry about that: it was great.

After walking up out of town we followed the unofficial (though marked) path up, up, until hitting Sector Dalle de l'Y, from here we traversed (not the easiest traverse) to Sector Grande Dalle, where we spent the rest of the time climbing.

Routes:

1. Les Bénévoles (5a), first pitch
2. La Ramassoire (5a), first pitch
3. La Ramassoire (5b), all three pitches
4. La Brosse (5a)

Great climbing on lovely rock, relaxed level of difficulty, fantastic weather. Pure fun!

After finishing we followed the unofficial (though marked) path up, up some more until it hit the normal path (a forest road, snow-covered) which we turned onto and followed down to Frinvillier.

It's worth pointing out that we used the new SAC Tourenportal to help plan this, Andrea has a subscription for the site and it's just excellent!