This guidebook published by Jingo Wobbly describes nearly 40 separate sports climbing and rock climbing areas around Avignon and Mont Ventoux. It includes the crags of Saint Leger, Venasque, Clapis Face, Saint Julian & Trois Rivieres.

Published in April 2006 the guidebook is in French and English text.



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Published by Jingo Wobbly this rock climbing and sports climbing guidebook for Bourgogne (Burgundy) covers 19 separate sports crags and lists over 1,300 routes. It covers the rock climbing around Auxerre, Dijon, Beaune & Macon, and it includes the 3 largest crags of Surgy, Saffres & Hauteroche.

The guidebook was published in February 2003 and is in French and English text.


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This guidebook describes 27 separate sports climbing areas in Chamonix valley from the village of Le Fayet, west of Chamonix to the border with Switzerland, including the Aiguilles Rouge. The guidebook describes a mixture of single and multi-pitch routes across a good grade range, at various altitudes from a few hundred metres to over 2000m.

Published in July 2005 the guidebook is in English text throughout.


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This guidebook describes the bouldering to be found in the Chamonix valley, and is the best definitive guidebook available for this area. In total over 800 problems are described including some circuits (Fontainebleau style) and countless isolated problems, across a wide range of grades. 12 different areas are covered on a variety of rock from rough high mountain limestone, to granite and gneiss.

Written by local climber Emmanuel Ratouis, this guidebook is in French and English text, with all the problems illustrated on colour topo diagrams, with Fontainebleau grades.


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This guidebook describes over 40 separate bouldering areas in the forests of Fontainebleau, including all the main areas such as Trois Pignons, Bas Cuvier, Apremont, Franchard, and L' Elephant. In each area several different circuits are described from yellow (easy) to white (hard).

Published in 2001 the guidebook is in English text throughout.


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Fontainebleau Magique describes 50 of the best mid range bouldering circuits to be found at Fontainebleau, which equates to over 2,500 listed problems. As well as covering the main popular areas of Trois Pignons, Bas Cuvier, Apremont, Franchard, and L' Elephant, it also covers some of the less well-known circuits that have remained hidden from the majority of climbers in recent years.

Re-published by Jingo Wobbly in February 2009 this guidebook is in English text throughout. At the start of the guidebook there is a general introduction section in French, Italian and German text as well.


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The full name of this guidebook is Escalade en Brianconnais, Haut Val Durance and Queyras, which essentially describes the rock climbing around the Durance Valley in the Hautes Alps near Grenoble (sometimes referred to as the Southern Alps or the Ecrins). The rock climbing areas covered is around the towns of Briancon, Ailefroide, La Vallouise, L'Argentiere-la-bessee & Guillestre. The guidebook describes 11 separate rock climbing areas and 66 major crags ranging from single pitch and multi-pitch sports routes to long classic alpine ascents up to 600m long. In addition there are also some bouldering problems detailed.

Published in summer 2009 and the guidebook is in French text throughout, with the routes illustrated on full colour photo-topos or topo diagrams with French grades.


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This guidebook by Rockfax describes some of the popular sports climbing areas in the Haute Provence region of France. This is the area to the east of Avignon and south of Gap in southern France. In total 14 separate sports climbing areas are described and over 2,500 routes, including world famous crags at Ceuse, Sisteron, Orpierre and Buoux.

Published in December 2009 by Rockfax the guidebook is in English text throughout.


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The Pyrenees Rock guidebook describes the sports climbing and bouldering in The Pyrenees, covering both the Spanish and French sides of the border. 13 different crags are described with over 2,200 individual routes detailed across a broad range of grades. All the sports climbing is on limestone rock, which is generally very good and well bolted. Some of the major Spanish crags detailed in the guidebook include Montgrony, Cavallers, Les Bruixes, and Rodellar. On the French side the extensive granite bouldering area of Targasonne includes over 400 problems. These granite boulders offer a good range of routes across all grades and are generally between 3 and 4m tall.

Published in summer 2008 this guidebook is in German and English text throughout. At the moment this is the only guidebook available covering the sports climbing in this area.


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This guidebook describes the bouldering to be found at Targasonne, and is the best definitive guidebook available for this area. Targasonne is situated just over the border of Spain in the French Pyrenees, near Andorra, and is the second best bouldering area in France (after Fontainebleau). In total 17 different sectors are described and over 1,100 problems ranging from Fb3 to Fb8b+.

Published in June 2007 this guidebook in French, Spanish and English text, with all the problems illustrated on full colour diagrams, with Fontainebleau grades.


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This guidebook describes 10 separate sports climbing areas and over 400 routes in the Verdon gorge and around the village of Aiguines. It covers many of the single pitch and multi-pitch sports routes to be found in this area.

Published in 2004 the guidebook is in French and English text throughout.


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This book covers the various rock climbing, sports climbing, bouldering and deep water soloing in France, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain and Morocco, and will help you plan your next rock climbing holiday to south western Europe. A general introduction is given to each country, with a lot of photographs, maps and background information, that make you want to go and climb in these countries.

Published in December 2007 and in English text throughout.


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