Gueberschwihr
Gueberschwihr is a beautiful little village in the middle of the vineyards on the edge of the Vosges. Just above the village is a sandstone escarpment with some very pleasant climbing and bouldering. It is easily accessible from the Rhine Valley, and s very popular, especially on sunny Sundays. The climbing is of good quality, very well bolted, with a bit of something for everyone crammed into a few small cliffs. Well worth a visit, but if possible avoid the weekends. It is possible to climb all year round, with sun on the cliffs in the morning, but shade in the afternoon, and the trees providing welcome shade on hot summer days.
Take the road uphill from Gueberschiwhr towards Osenbach and park by the side of the road after a hairpin bend about 1.5 km from the village. A path on the left hand side (North) of the road leads through the woods past a climbing information board. After 5 to 10 minutes a left fork takes you down to some boulders. Ignore this and take the next left a few minutes later, this will lead you to the popular part. The quarry is a 100 metres or so further on. An easy 15 minutes from the road.
Sport and bolted routes
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| 03 | Arabesque | 7b | 20m | The crack line. Moving direct to the right of the crack is 7c |
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| 04 | Viol de Gambe | 6b | 20m | A nice offwidth that is usually laybacked, but can be body jammed. Lower off at the top of the crack or continue to higher lower off at the top |
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| 05 | Association de malfaiteurs | 7b | 25m | An excellent climb with a hard crux move in the middle |
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| 06 | Protection rapprochée | 8a | 25m | Sustained climbing |
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| 07 | Controle continue | 7c | 25m | The thin crack line. There are variant starts and finishes |
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| 08 | Latex | 7b | 10m | A hard move over the roof and then a hard move up |
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| 08e | L'action du temps | 8a | 25m | The continuation of Latex can also be started from "Encore une fois" |
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| 09 | Encore une fois, merci | 7a | 25m | The obvious crack is very polished at the crux |
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| 10 | Blitz hard | 7c+ | 25m | 6c to the lower off of Ben Chloe, then it gets hard |
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| 11 | Ben Chloe | 6b | 15m | An exciting slab move after the first crack |
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| 12 | Oubli | 6b+ | 15m | A few tricky moves after the bulge. There are various direct variations from under the roofs from 8a+ to 8c |
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| 13 | Vingt mille lieux sous les mousses | 6a | 15m | |
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| 13R | Il n'y a que l'accu dans la vie | 6c | 20m | Starts as for Vingt mille and continues to the right |
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| 14 | Sortie de secours | 6b+ | 20m | |
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| 20 | SECTOR | POPULAR PART |
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| 21 | La Ballade du Fou | 5c+ | 15m | |
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| 22 | Pas de Roc | 5c | 15m | |
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| 23 | Échec et Math | 5c+ | 15m | |
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| 24 | Lamiak Links | 6a | 15m | |
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| 25 | Lamiak Rechts | 5c | 15m | |
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| 26 | Sphinx | 5b | 15m | |
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| 27 | Icare | 5c | 15m | |
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| 28 | Dalle | 5c | 15m | |
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| 29 | Osmose | 6a | 15m | |
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| 30 | Dojo | 5b | 15m | |
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| 31 | Röta | 5c | 15m | |
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| 32 | Misery | 5c | 15m | |
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| 33 | Départ Coton | 6b+ | 15m | |
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| 34 | Quérétaro | 6a+ | 15m | |
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| 35 | Boston | 5c+ | 15m | |
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| 36 | Fissure | 5c | 15m | |
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| 37 | Mars Sprite | 5c | 15m | |
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| 38 | Court Échelle | 5b | 15m | |
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| 39 | Filou | 5a | 15m | |
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| 40 | Dalle | 4c | 15m | |
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| 41 | Klimbim | 5a | 15m | |
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| 42 | Obelix | 5c+ | 15m | |
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| 43 | Lacombled | 5c | 15m | |
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| 44 | C'est donc bon | 6b+ | 15m | |
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| 45 | Du mou linette | 5c | 15m | This and the following routes are on the next buttress right, most have names at the bottom |
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| 46 | Pitchounette | 5c | 15m | |
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| 47 | La Balade a Nani | 5a | 15m | |
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| 48 | Magali | 5b | 15m | |
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| 49 | Aurore | 5c | 15m | |
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| 50 | Etat d'Ame | 6a+ | 15m | |
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| 51 | Rudy | 6b+ | 15m | |
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| 52 | Sortilège | 6b+ | 15m | |
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