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Climbing and canyoning in Rodellar and Royans-Vercors

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Royans-Vercors, Alps

The Royans, located in the Vercors park, invites you to discover wide open spaces where nature and history mingle.

Within a 30km radius of Royans, the playing field is huge. The exceptional geology of the cliffs and canyons is a gift of nature that leaves no one indifferent!

ROYANS-VERCORS, ALPS

ROYANS-VERCORS, AN EXCESSIVE PLAYGROUND

The Royans, located in the Vercors Park, at the foot of the Hauts Plateaux Nature Reserve, is an invitation to discover vast spaces where nature and history mingle.

Within a 30km radius of Royans, the playing field is huge. The exceptional geology of the cliffs and canyons is a gift of nature that leaves no one indifferent!

The steep cliffs of the Bourne, Vernaison or Combe Laval valleys, the deep and verdant canyons of Ecouges or Léoncel are full of mysteries that have prompted generations of enthusiasts to explore.

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OUR NEXT OUTINGS

SCHEDULE AND RESERVATIONS

Discover here our next scheduled outings.
To make a reservation, click on the exit of your choice and let yourself be guided.

  • June16sunday
    Portaledge night [Royans-Vercors]
    200.00€
    sold out
    6:00 p.m. → 7:00 a.m.

Our activities

Sport climbing

Canyoning

Via Cordata

Multi-pitch climbing

Portaledge

Courses and travel

Changes and Cancellations

The schedule of outings may be modified depending on weather conditions. You will then be contacted by telephone. In case of cancellation on your part, or change in your reservation, please notify us by phone or email 3 days in advance.

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OUR ACTIVITIES in royans-vercors

Discover here all the activities we offer for this destination.
To make a reservation, go to the reservation module above.

Climbing half day/full day

The Royans and the Hauts-Plateaux du Vercors are exceptional sites for the practice of outdoor climbing. Whether for beginners or progress, in winter or summer, there are exceptional 20-meter cliffs and very impressive 400-meter long routes.

Initiation cliffs, Molehill, Petits Goulets, Presles, Cime du Mas

Your personal equipment
  • slippers or trainers
  • clothing suitable for sports activities
  • small backpack with a snack, a liter of water and sun cream
The material provided
  • harness
  • helmet
  • belay system
  • rope
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Indoor climbing, an Olympic discipline practiced by millions of people around the world, needs no introduction. But outside, facing mineral lines, sculpted by a thousand-year-old geology, the discipline takes on a completely different dimension.

Finding the right movement, moving vertically on the rock, awakens your physical, technical and mental potential. Climbing connects you as much to the present moment as to the wild and preserved nature that surrounds you.

We offer two types of sessions:

Half-day climbing initiation: it's the discovery of the activity where we learn the basics of safety and make our first climbs and descents in top-rope.
> Price: 45€/person

Climbing improvement: Do you already know how to tie your figure-of-eight knot and regularly top-rope climb and would you like to take the lead in climbing? We accompany you for a day on this transition. Or you are already climbing independently in the lead and want to progress whether in tactics (managing a route, reading, etc.), technique (climbing on slopes, on columns, landing knees and putting on lolottes, etc.), the mind (visualization, anxiety management, breathing, etc.) or certain manipulations, we put our experience at your service to accompany you!
> Price: 70€/person

Obligations to practice the activity

Half day : 

  • From 6 years old
  • No minimum technical level

Daytime : 

  • From 10 years old
  • Technical level: novice to experienced
Climbing initiation half day :
€/person
40.00
Advanced climbing full day :
€/person
70.00

Next outings: see the booking module or contact us if there are no planned outings.

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Multipitch half day/full day

In Royans-Vercors, the practice of multi-pitch is historic on the cliffs of Presles. From 100 to 400 meters, we find sumptuous routes for all levels. Our guides will also know how to take you to wilder and more confidential cliffs such as those of Vernaison, or Combe Laval.

Presles, Petits Goulets, Combe Laval

Your personal equipment
  • slippers or trainers
  • clothing suitable for sports activities
  • small backpack with a snack, a liter of water and sun cream
The material provided
  • harness
  • helmet
  • belay system
  • rope
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The multi-pitch is adventure with a capital A. From the approach, the abseiling, the ascent, the sequence of climbing lengths, then finally, the return walk: each stage plunges us into learning verticality and experiencing powerful sensations.

In Royans-Vercors, the practice of multi-pitch is historic on the cliffs of Presles. From 100 to 400 meters, we find sumptuous routes for all levels. Our guides will also know how to take you to wilder and more confidential cliffs such as those of Vernaison, or Combe Laval.

The shortest and easiest main routes can be done in half a day, for the longest routes, it takes a day.

Obligations to practice the activity
  • From 12 years old
  • Good physical condition
  • Technical level: 5c minimum sometimes more depending on the routes
Multipitch half day :
€/group (1 to 4 people)
180.00
Multipitch full day :
€/group (1 to 4 people)
320.00

Next releases: see the booking module or contact us if there are no planned outings.

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Canyoning half day/full day

Each canyon offers the chance for a different journey. Basins of water, waterfalls, narrows, siphons, monstrous overhangs... Shapes, colors, vegetation, everything unfolds at a frantic pace often going well beyond what we had imagined. Surprise is followed by enthusiasm, then by amazement.

Saint-Laurent-en-Royans

Your personal equipment
  • walking shoes (or sneakers)
  • a liter of water and a picnic for day trips
The material provided
  • harness
  • helmet
  • neoprene wetsuits
  • neoprene socks
  • corde
  • backpack
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We offer three levels and formats of canyons.

Half-day discovery canyon: To give a taste of adventure without the physical and long parameter of certain day canyons. This type of canyon is ideal for discovering the activity with the family. Example of a canyon: Le Versoud, Le Rousset.
> Price: 45€ /person

Canyon adventure day: Adapted to the discovery of the activity, these canyons are rather aquatic and playful. By the approaches which are in themselves beautiful hikes and the length of the routes, they already represent a memorable adventure. Example of canyon: Léoncel, Ecouges 2.
> Price: 60€/person

Sports canyon day: Long and enduring, these canyons require very good physical condition and are aimed at already experienced practitioners. Example of canyon: Integral Ecouges.
> Price: 120€/person

Obligations to practice the activity
  • From the age of 8
  • Do not be afraid of water, better to know how to swim (but not mandatory)
  • Good physical shape
  • Technical level: novice to experienced

We offer three levels and formats of canyons (details here) :

Canyon discovery half day :
€/person
45.00
Adventure canyon full day :
€/person
60.00
Sports canyon full day :
€/person
120.00

Next releases: see the booking module or contact us if there are no planned outings.

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Portaledge evening/night

We invite you to discover the unique sensation of spending a moment suspended on the side of a cliff on a portaledge, a small platform on which climbers rest to make ascents lasting several days.

Saint Martin en Vercors, Vercors plateau

Your personal equipment
  • walking shoes
  • clothing suitable for sports activities
  • small backpack including a liter of water and sunscreen
  • warm duvet for the night
The material provided
  • harness
  • Via Ferrata lanyards with absorber
  • helmet
  • strings
  • portaledge
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The portaledge is a small platform that climbers rest or sleep on to perform multi-day ascents on large walls.

We invite you to discover in your turn this unique sensation of spending a moment suspended on the side of a cliff. You will have before your eyes a breathtaking scenery, the numerous plateau, its forests and its gorges as far as the eye can see, 200 meters of emptiness under your feet, will you be able to enjoy the sunset?

Rate :

  • 100€/pers for the evening
  • 200€/person for the night
Obligations to practice the activity
  • From 10 years old
  • Do not (too) be dizzy
  • No minimum technical level
Portaledge evening :
€/person
100.00
Portaledge night :
€/person
200.00

Next releases: see the booking module or contact us if there are no planned outings.

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Via Cordata half day

The Via Cordata is somewhat the same principle as the Via Ferrata, minus the cable. We more readily use the shapes of the pebble to progress on the face. It is a practice halfway between hiking and climbing and an excellent way to apprehend emptiness and verticality. 

Choranche, Bourne Gorge

Your personal equipment
  • walking shoes
  • clothing suitable for sports activities
  • a small backpack with a water bottle and sunscreen
The material provided
  • harness
  • Via Ferrata lanyards with absorber
  • helmet
  • strings
Know more

Participants are connected to each other by a rope connected to the cliff by carabiners and anchor points. It's about moving together, listening to each other and helping each other as much as possible. The notion of rope party then takes on its full meaning…

The course that we propose takes place on the cliffs of Presles which overlook Choranche, in the heart of the Gorges de la Bourne. We cross beautiful rocky outcrops until we reach an incredible horizontal ledge several hundred meters long. We move on this ledge and the via corda ends with a nice cobweb abseil.

Obligations to practice the activity
  • From the age of 8
  • No minimum technical level
Via Cordata half day :
€/person
45.00

Next releases: see the booking module or contact us if there are no planned outings.

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Climbing/canyoning course 2 to 6 days

We offer two-day to one-week courses focused on climbing or only on the canyon, but also others combining several activities. 

Our goal is also to bring you to discover exceptional places through the Vercors, to progress and have fun while practicing your passions. Do not hesitate to contact us to build together the internship that makes you dream if it does not appear below!

Cliffs and canyons in Royans-Vercors (15-20 km radius around St Laurent en Royans)

Courses and travel 2 to 6 days :
Price upon request

Next releases: see the booking module or contact us if there are no planned outings.

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ROYANS-VERCORS, ALPS

SERVICES AND PRICES

HALF DAY ACTIVITIES

Climbing initiation half day :
€
40.00

Price per person.

Multipitch half day :
€
180.00

Price per group (1 to 4 people).

Canyon discovery half day :
€
45.00

Price per person.

Via Cordata half day :
€
45.00

Price per person.

FULL DAY ACTIVITIES

Advanced climbing full day :
€
70.00

Price per person.

Multipitch full day :
€
320.00

Price per group (1 to 4 people).

Adventure canyon full day :
€
70.00

Price per person.

Sports canyon full day :
€
120.00

Price per person.

EVENING/NIGHT ACTIVITIES

Portaledge evening :
€
100.00

Price per person.

Portaledge night :
€
200.00

Price per person.

MULTI-DAY ACTIVITIES

Climbing/canyoning course 2 to 6 days :
Price upon request

Price per person.

Tailor-made trips and courses

We offer courses from three days to a week, half-days of discovery canyoning and climbing, or even unforgettable nights perched in the middle of a wall.

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Caroline Minvielle

CLIMBING AND CANYONING INSTRUCTOR (DE)

Passionate climber, I officially started climbing at the age of 6. The exterior and the mineral correspond to my ultimate aspirations. The playground is endless and the rock always has new subtleties to submit and puzzles to decode. I practice outdoor climbing in all its forms at a sustained level: from bouldering to multi-pitch in adventure terrain.

On the canyon side, my father, Pierre Minvielle, introduced me to it at a very young age around Rodellar, the place of his finest explorations. He gave me a taste for adventure and discovery and above all passed on his love for the Sierra de Guara.
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Trained as an engineer, I decided to venture into the world of teaching and the transmission of knowledge by becoming a climbing and canyoning instructor in order to be able to share this passion that drives me and help those who wish to achieve their dreams.

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Maxime Poirier

CLIMBING AND CANYONING INSTRUCTOR (DE)

I grew up far from the mountains, on an island in the middle of the Pacific and if my first ascents were those of coconut trees, I became passionate about climbing when I returned to France. Touch of everything, globetrotter and passionate about outdoor activities on all elements, I became a fan of thrilling sports such as highline, base-jump and canyoning.

For me, the mountains and these activities restore to us this capacity for admiration and wonder that modern existence can so easily evacuate. Live fully the happiness of the moment, the renunciation of living for tomorrow because today is enough.

My meeting with Caro will have finally sealed my destiny, here I am a climber, in love with the Vercors and the Sierra de Guara, ready to share my passion with those who wish.

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