Climbing in Grandval

The plan is to go to Grandval and climb the the trad route "La reve de wilderness" from Keep Wild Jura.

After some public transportation fun (trains aren't running between Delemont and Moutier, so we have to take the bus and then walk to Grandval) we end up at the bottom of the bolted multi-pitch routes (this is to the left of Cafe Dancing, which we climbed last time) and head around the corner to where the route should start. On with all the gear and then G starts up. This doesn't last long: the rock quality is terrible and he can't find anywhere he's willing to climb, despite looking around for a while. That's enough to suck the motivation out of him to do the clean climbing, so we pack the cams and stuff away and head back around the corner to do the bolted route La Cigale (5b, 5a, 4c+, 5c+, 4c, 5a, 4a... grades from the SAC Tourenportal). This is really nice climbing on good rock (yay!) and nice views,  and is, easy and flowy aside from the 5c+ pitch (which has a bit of spicy slab). There are plenty of other people around, but the two groups we catch up to both let us pass, so we never end up waiting very long.

Up top we pack everything away, have a nice lunch break while enjoying the good weather and views, and then head back down to Grandval to grab the train to Moutier and start our trip home.

A lovely day of Jura climbing. Grandval is a good one to keep in mind for the winter months: not too high, south facing, easy approach, everything one wants. :-)