Roc Aiguille (Pas de Soucy) · Gorges du Tarn · France
A quieter, easier neighbour to Iséki on the Roc Aiguille, bolted in 2022. Mostly grade 4 climbing on big holds, with one fine technical 5b+ pitch, on excellent compact rock and mostly in shade.
Climbing mode: Big type, screen kept awake, tick pitches as you go.
Highest point about 700 m above sea level (camptocamp waypoint 346711 (summit)).
5b+VI-/VI5.8+5 pitches · 110 mBail with caveats
Youna was bolted in 2022 to take pressure off Iséki, the busy classic on the Roc Aiguille. It starts from a terrace about 8 m right of Iséki's first belay and follows easy walls and ramps up the right side of the tower to the summit arête. The second pitch, with some technical flat-footed moves, is the only real difficulty and is a step above the rest. The rock is excellent and compact, and the face is in shade in the morning.
The atlas doesn't show topos: they are the work of the people who bolt and document these routes. See the topo at camptocamp.org, or in Les Gorges du Tarn.
| Pitch | Grade | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 4bIV+5.5 | 15 m | Up and left; short. Closely bolted. |
| P2 | 5b+VI-/VI5.8+ | 25 m | A few technical moves on flat footholds; the bolting lets you aid the hard moves, though one 2026 party found you climb between bolts and should have some margin. Belay on a wide step. |
| P3 | 4bIV+5.5 | 30 m | Up the easy ramp leftwards, then step right onto big jugs. |
| P4 | 4aIV5.4 | 20 m | Very easy linking pitch to Iséki's fourth belay; route-finding needs care and the bolts are sometimes far apart. At the arête, step over to the far side to find the belay. Easy to miss, in which case you finish up Iséki's last pitch. |
| P5 | 5bVI-5.8 | 20 m | Follow the stainless plates up and left, an easy traverse and one trickier step up to the arête. Belay on plates; the chained abseil station just over the arête is handier. |
As for Iséki: park on the D907bis about 500 m beyond the Pas de Soucy viewpoint, between Les Vignes and Le Rozier, or at the canoe landing nearby.
About 15 to 20 minutes up the steep path signed B1 (keep left at each junction). Pass Iséki's start, continue up past the second B1 sign and a rung, and the route starts on the wall to the left of the first fixed ropes, on a terrace with the name painted in blue. The fixed ropes higher up are the descent path.
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The point marks the base of the route.
Coordinates · route base
Point from camptocamp route 1481289
Contains the route point.
Points from published sources, not surveyed.
Coordinates: 44.29183, 3.23417 (route base)
Step over the arête to the chained station and abseil about 35 to 40 m. Then follow the path north along the foot of the face, with fixed ropes and iron rungs, back to the start. The path is steep and slippery when covered in autumn leaves.
Bail with caveats
Short route with bolted belays and an abseil descent from the top. Retreat from any belay by abseiling the line, leaving a maillon to join the two bolts.
Quickdraws (number not published), slings to link the belay bolts, ropes for a 35 to 40 m abseil (a party with 2×45 m doubted a single 70 m would reach). Helmet.
North to north-east facing, in shade in the morning; parties climbed in shade in April, May and October. Climbable spring to autumn.
Forecast · next 7 days · 700 m
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Model forecast for 700 m. It cannot tell you whether the rock is dry. Data: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0.
Time plan · 5 pitches
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An estimate. Queues and route finding cost time, and shaded walls go dark before sunset. Local time (Central European time), flat horizon.
Sun on the wall · NE-facing
Working out the sunlit hours for this month.
Sun on the wallDaylight, wall in shade● Usual season
From the aspect alone; terrain is ignored. Local time, 15th of each month.
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr (usual season) | May (usual season) | Jun (usual season) | Jul | Aug | Sep (usual season) | Oct (usual season) | Nov | Dec |
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| Mean daily high °C | 7 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| Mean daily low °C | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Rain days 1 mm or more | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
● usual season. 1991-2020 averages at about 462 m; rain is for a 10–25 km grid cell. Weather and climate data: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0.
Straight-line distances, up to 30 km.
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Researched and aggregated by AI from published sources, last compiled October 2026. It can be wrong, and bolts, anchors and access change: check a current guidebook and read the disclaimer.