Le Claps, below the Pic de Luc just south of Luc-en-Diois, is a huge landslide: a tilted grey slab of limestone above a chaos of giant boulders where the Drôme drops over the Saut de la Drôme. The slab carries easy bolted multi-pitch lines facing south and south-west, and the boulders hold short sport routes; a via ferrata climbs the opposite side of the valley. Come by the D93 from Die and park near the Saut de la Drôme; Luc-en-Diois and Die are the nearest bases. The sunny slab can be climbed almost all year, including fine winter days, but it is too hot in summer.
GuidebookEscalades dans le Diois, Dominique Duhaut, Manu Ibarra (2023, Promo Grimpe). Buy from kletterfuehrer.net. The route pages here are aggregated by AI from public sources; climb with the guidebook.
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Le Claps slab by the Saut de la Drôme, below the Pic de Luc · 862 m
| Measure | Jan | Feb (usual season) | Mar (usual season) | Apr (usual season) | May (usual season) | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep (usual season) | Oct (usual season) | Nov (usual season) | Dec (usual season) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean daily high °C | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 5 |
| Mean daily low °C | −3 | −3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | −2 |
| Rain days 1 mm or more | 10 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
● usual season. 1991-2020 averages at about 862 m; rain is for a 10–25 km grid cell. Weather and climate data: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0.
France · Pic de Luc (Diois)
A huge, easy grey slab above the Saut de la Drôme, steepening from 45 to 60 degrees: ideal for a first multi-pitch, for practising rope work or for learning to trust your feet. Grade 3 at the bottom, 4c to 5a at the top, and a fine view over the Diois.
5aV+5.75aV+5.78 pitches175 m
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