What's new in 2022
Here is a list of new additions and other updates that are included in the latest edition of the Falaises de Corse guidebook (June 2022), but were not in the previous edition.
In brief: The 2022 edition of Falaises de Corse presents exactly 6 new sites / 16 new sectors / 300 new routes.
Except for the Ciuffatu and La Lonca sites, and re-bolting at Ortale and Picellu in the Restonica, almost all the new and re-bolted routes have been supported by the Corsican Route Bolting Fund.
1 - Bastia / Capicorsu / Castagniccia
- A Torra di seneca : Just a car park problem (see the warning icon)
- Monte Canarincu : 5 new routes in 2022 (n°21 à 25)
- Petre scritte : 5 new routes in 2021 (n°1, 2, 3, 7, 8)
- U Pignu Antennes : Maintenance work in 2021 see the warning icon)
2 - Balagne
- Bonifatu sector Le Bloc : 1 new route (n°1)
- Bonifatu sector de la Vasque : 1 new route (n°1)
- Bonifatu secteur JM Leroux : new crag 2021 (7 routes)
- I Curriali : 1 new route (n°20)
- La Bibli sector Crispette : 1 new route (n°3)
- La Bibli sector gauche : 1 new route (n°6 )
- La Bibli sector droite : 2 new routes (n°16 and 17)
- San Colombanu : new crag 2022 (7 routes)
- Suare sector Brèche : 1 new route (n°3)
- Suare sector Le toit : 6 new routes (n°8 to 11)
- Suare sector Speed rider : new crag 2020 (6 routes)
- Suare sector La Grande face : 10 new routes (n°1 to 9 and n°12)
- Suare secteur Syntaxe : new crag 2020 (9 routes)
3 - Portu
- La Lonca : New crag bolted in 2020 (24 routes)
4 - Centre Corse
– Corti region
- Francardo sector Le Tajine : new crag 2022 (5 routes)
- Pietralba : rebolted in 2021
- Restonica – L’ortale entirely re-bolted in 2021
- Restonica – L’ortale sector Marche à l’ombre : 1 new route (n°7)
- Restonica – L’ortale sector Stella Luna : 1 new route (n°4)
- Restonica – L’oratoire sector L’oratoire : 9 new routes (n°1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- Restonica – L’oratoire sector Kid Bill : new crag 2021 (6 routes)
- Restonica – L’oratoire sector Le Clocher : new crag 2021 (12 routes)
- Restonica – Picellu entirely re-bolted in 2021
- Restonica – Picellu sector Miroir brisé : 1 new route (n°5)
- Restonica – Picellu sector Pè Ugo : 4 new routes (n°1 à 4)
- Restonica – Picellu sector Grande face : 1 new route (n°5)
- Restonica – Picellu sector Conque : 2 new routes (n°8 et 10)
- Restonica – A Tomba sector Conque : 1 new route (n°1)
- Restonica – A Tomba Sector Miller : 1 new route (n°12)
- Restonica – Chez Téo : 2 new routes (n°8 et 9)
– Haut Ascu
- Trimbulacciu sector Illusions perdues : 17 new routes (n°1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- Trimbulacciu sector Sous l’œil de Collina : 3 new routes (n°8, 17, 18)
5 - Aiacciu
- Barbicaghja sector Face Ouest : 1 new route (n°2)
- Gozzi sector Saga corsica : 3 new routes (n°1, 2, 4)
- Gozzi sector Grande vire : 1 new route (n°9)
- Monte Latu sector Grandes voies : voie n°4 currently not climbable
- Richiusa sector Ozone : 3 new routes (n°6, 7, 8)
- Richiusa sector Les toits : 1 new route (n°9)
- Saint Antoine sector Le Toucan : new crag bolted in 2021 and 2022 (28 routes)
- Saint Antoine sector NZL : 2 new routes (n°1, 10)
- U Rupione : 2 new routes (n°2, 3)
6 - Grand Sud
- Bavella sector Campanella : 1 new route (n°2)
- Bavella sector Sbrigatu : new crag bolted in 2020 (8 routes)
- Bavella – Punta Bigornu sector le Monstre : 1 new route (n°2)
- Bavella – Punta Bigornu sector Couloir RD 1 (haut) : 2 new routes (n°3, 12)
- Bavella – Punta Bigornu sector Couloir RD 2 (bas) : 2 new routes (n°16, 19)
- 3G secteur 3G trad : new trad crag (4 routes)
- 3G secteur 3G+ : new crag bolted in 2020 (8 routes)
- A Cupulata : new crag bolted in 2021 (16 routes)
- Chjapponu : new crag bolted in 2020/2021 (12 routes)
- Ciuffatu : new crag bolted in 2021 (8 routes)
- Le Barring : 2 new routes bolted in 2021 (n°5, 6) – the central sector has been re-bolted in glue-in bolts.
- Les 3 Caves : new crag bolted in 2020 (3 sectors / 40 routes)