Villar-d'Arêne

Ecole d'escalade d'Arsine

A large and friendly site, located on the edge of the Écrins National Park, along the Romanche. There is everything here, from 2 to 8, a relaxing landscape, a via ferrata to escape, the freshness and the view. Young and old will find their happiness here!
TECHNICAL INFORMATIONS :
Difficulty/Grade: 3 > 8b
Start altitude: 1660 m
Number of routes: 89
Maximum track height: 40 m
Nature of the rock: gneiss
Exposure: north
Approach time: 1 to 20 minutes

TOPO – MAPS:
Top 25 IGN 3436 ET La Meije
Topo Climbing in Isère, Ze topo volume 2, FFME
Climbing Topo in the Land of Meije, produced by the Bureau des Guides (63 color pages), on sale at the unbeatable price of €11! On sale at the Tourist Office of La Meije

History: sector equipped by the high mountain guide Bruno Soleymieux and E.Benbassath in the 1980s.
The Guides Office of La Grave la Meije organizes climbing school outings!

The Bureau des Guides de la Grave has released a climbing guidebook with photos and sketches… It includes descriptions of practice cliffs, long routes, boulders, and dry tooling. The sectors are divided into: Col du Galibier, Arsine, La Grave, Le Chazelet, Les Fréaux, Bourg d'Oisans.
On sale at the Guides Office and at the La Grave Tourist Office
We speak: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian

Location details

Take the RD 1091 (towards Briançon) pass Villar d'Arène and turn right towards "le Pied du Col". Then follow on the right "Refuge de l'Alpe" and park in the via ferrata car park after the Pont des Brebis. The routes are right there on four sectors, 1, 2 and 3 to the left of the via ferrata, and 4 to the right.
  • River or river within 300 m
  • Mountain view
  • In the mountains
  • Lake or body of water at -5 km
  • River at -5 km
  • Village at -2 km
  • GR route within 1 km

Opening

Opening hours from May 15 to September 30, 2025
MondayOpen
TuesdayOpen
WednesdayOpen
ThursdayOpen
FridayOpen
Open on SaturdayOpen
SundayOpen

Pricing

Free

Services

Activities on site

  • Climbing sports / Rope sports
  • Climbing site

Accessibility

Adapted service: Wheelchair accessible with assistance

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