Fontainebleau

Fontainebleau is a bouldering area in France consisting of many crags spread over the Foret de Fontainebleau, west of the town of Fontainebleau.

The area is renowned as one of the premier bouldering destinations in the world and has a long history. Many people will have inevitably scrambled over the sandstone boulders through the ages, but more organised climbing started in the area in the late 1800s and early 1900s when climbers from Paris, often training for larger objectives in the Alps, would get the train to fontainebleau to test themselves on the boulders.

References

[1] https://bleau.info/

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19 entries on the list.

Crag
1 Apremont
2 Bas Cuvier
3 Coquibus Rumont
4 Cuvier Merveille
5 Cuvier Rempart
6 Drei Zinnen
7 Franchard Cuisiniere
8 Franchard Ermitage
9 Franchard Isatis
10 Gorge Du Houx
11 J.A. Martin
12 Le Cul de Chien
13 Marlanval
14 Maunoury
15 Rocher Brule
16 Rocher Canon
17 Rocher de Bouligny
18 Rocher de la Salamandre
19 Rocher du Potala