Les Grandes Voies

in the Néouvielle massif

Around Cap de Long Lake

The Wall

Overlooking the lake at Cap de Long, which peaks at over 2100m, La Muraille de Cap de Long offers some forty beautiful big routes from 80 to 200m from 4/4+, most of them fully equipped.

There are also two small sectors of equipped rinds comprising some thirty routes from 5 to 7c.

A few minutes are all it takes to reach the foot of the first routes from the parking lot…including the classic “Embarquement immédiat”.

This is not a school site

You’ll discover a beautiful granite rock, in a high mountain atmosphere!
Here some passages can keep a “mountain” character, and vigilance remains a must.

Despite its high frequentation this site is not to be considered as a school site.
Dieps, cracks, slabs and knobs, there’s something for everyone!

Note the address of the bar “le Garlitz”, and its terrace with a view of the walls, which has become the unmissable meeting point for climbers.

Left bank of Cap de Long

On the left bank of the Lac de Cap de Long, after a more substantial approach walk, you’ll find the traditional routes of the Muraille du Ramoun (Parking Sauvage, Pétrocalis, Flagrant Délice….)

But also the so-called modern routes of the Néouvielle, in its South or South-West faces, with in particular the classic “Immortela” some 300m long and exiting directly to the Néouvielle summit at 3192m.

In addition to these climbing routes, the Massif du Néouvielle is rich in granitic ridge runs offering magnificent aerial rides in the exceptional setting of the Réserve du Néouvielle.

Guidebooks

But also

To discover with a guide

The arêtes de Ferbos, des 3 Conseillers, des Alharisses or crêtes de la Mourèle are among the most beautiful mountaineering walls with little or no equipment.

You need the right equipment to climb them as well as the necessary experience or failing that a good high mountain guide.

Finally, we mustn’t forget the Pics d’Espade which conceal in their west faces some fifteen 200-metre routes, most of them equipped in the best Pyrenean granite.

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Climbing in the Néouvielle Reserve