LOW COST bouldering in Fontainebleau (and touring in Paris)

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Last autumn I went 3 days to Paris, of course to try a little bit to climb in Fontainebleau.

Before my trip, I collected all the logistical informations from internet and asking my friends.
After my trip, I tried to reorganized all infos in a file.

I let that file on my pc for a while, but now I want to share it with You.

For sure I will do the same with all my climbing files:
in the future, no more climbing files will remain in my pc !

I will put all of them here at this site and ...
I suggest You to do the same, of course:
cooperation !

If You have more or better informations, just write them in the comments.

If You want to translate in Your languages this article, just write Your translations in comments, thanks in advance.



So, I arrived with Ryanair to BEAUVAIS Airport.

From the airport to Paris there are 2 options:

1) Ryanair Bus: 13 euros one go to Paris Porte Maillot, where there is Metro station

2) Bus to Beauvais (5 km from airport, 1 hour walking): You can take it at the entrance of the airport.
Train to Paris: one go 12 euros.


IN PARIS

• Campings

• Hostel:
rue Trousseau, n. 10;
10 meters to metro Ledru Rollin (line 8)
15 euros 1 night, room with bathroom and shower, with other persons.
Tel [phone],
[e-mail],
http://www.aijparis.com

• Bike renting:
23 rue crozatier
tel [phone],
[e-mail]
(1 month 50 euro)


FROM PARIS TRAIN STATION "GARE DE LYON" TO BOIS LE ROI (5 minutes before Fontainebleau) OR FONTAINEBLEAU

Timetables :
here
or here.

A train every hour, more or less.

Directions:
Melun –> Bois Le Roi -> Fontainebleau.
From Paris to Fontainbleau: 7 Euros


IN FONTAINEBLEAU

• bike shop: "la petite reine".
The cost is around 10€ euro a day

• tourist office (very kind and beautiful girls)
77300 Fontainebleau 4, Rue Royale
tel [phone]
http://www.uk.fontainebleau-tourisme.com/medianet.asp
It's close to the castle.

• In tourist office You can buy (6 euros) the map ("carte") IGN to 25000 (IGN blue map TOP25 number 2417-OT, scale 1:25,000 or 1 centimeter = 250 meters) of the forest.
They suggest You to choose the routes signed in yellow.
link 1
link 2

There is another tourist office in Barbizon, You can go there with the bike.
Very close to tourist office there is a shop sport.

• In Font there is a good library close to the church

• BUS
There are buses from Font to Milly, not so many, not on sundays.

CAR
You can rent a car at:
europcar.fr
77300 fontainebleau 185, Rue Grande
TEL [phone]
(You can ... sleep in or around the car in Cuisiniere sector ...)


CAMPINGS

77690 MONTIGNY SUR LOING
12, rue de Montigny La Genevraye « le parc du gue »,
500 meters from train station
12 Km south of Fontainebleau
Tél. :[phone],
Fax: [phone],
[e-mail],
www.camping-parcdugue.com
They have mobilhome and hôtellerie.

MORET SUR LOING
10 minutes walking from train station
12 km est of Font
"Le Lido", Veneux les Sablons, 77250,
tel [phone]
Swimming pool
Bungalows
http://les-courtilles-du-lido.fr/coordonnees.php?lang=it

SAMOREAU, close to Fontainebleau
tél [phone] or 01 64 23 98 91
1, Rue Eglise, F-77210 Samoreau,
open from 15 march to 15 october.

77190 DAMMARIE LES LYS
municipal, on the river Seine,
tel [phone]
cheap
It close at 22 p.m.

77880 GREZ SUR LOING.
3 km from train station.
Les Prés 1, chemin des Prés
4/6 euro one person, one night,
good showers
It close at 22 p.m.
Tél. :[phone],
[e-mail]
10 Km south of font.
Elephant is the closiest boulder areas

SAMOIS SUR SEINE, north of Samoreau, south Bois le roi
7 km from the train station
a.tout.vert Petit Barbeau 77920,
Tél. :[phone].
[e-mail],
link 1
link 2


F-91490 MILLY LA FORÊT "la Musardière"
5 km from Milly la foret, walkable in about 35 minutes (You need the car)
Route Grandes Vallées
tel +33 /(0)1 64 98 91 91 or +33/1.64.24.52.03
[e-mail]
10 euros 1 night
swimming pool
Always open
showers and bathrooms not so good

In Milly good bakery and little general store for most of your needs.
To walk from campsite to Milly:
right out of campsite, walk to end of road and get to crossroads, turn right keep walking and take L at roundabout and walk into centre of town.

Close to trois pignons, Canche aux Merciers, Le Cul du Chien, Bois-Rond, le 95.2, le 91.1, le Potala, le Diplodoccus...
The nearest good/big bouldering area to the campsite is at La Croix St Jerome: come out of the campsite, turn right and walk down the road about 500m and then turn left where it is sign posted to La Croix St Jerome - probably a good 2 miles walk from this point but fairly flat.


SECTORS

WALKING

1.Rocher Canon: 30 min from train station of Bois-le-Roi
2. Mont Ussy e Mont Aigu: 30 min from train station of Fontainebleau-Avon
3. Calvaire: 20 min from train station of Fontainebleau-Avon

With BIKE

http://okeeffe.free.fr/bleaubybike/index.html
About 30 minutes to get to each one, slightly more if you don't know the way very well:

from train station Bois-le-Roi
Le Cuvier Chatillon - Le Bas Cuvier - Cuvier-Rempart - La Merveille et la Reconnaissance.

from train station Fontainebleau-Avon
- Rocher St Germain
- Rocher du Cassepot
- Apremonts - Apremonts-Bizons - Les Gorges d'Apremont - Envers d'Apremont
- Les Gorges de Franchard - Franchard Hautes Plaines - Franchard Sablons - Franchard Isatis - Franchard Cuisinière - Franchard Pascal Meyer - Franchard Ermitage

With BUS to Bas Cuvier from fontainbleau station
take the bus outside the station to the Fontainbleau castle.
From the bus stop, walk to the exit to the N7 highway.
Hitchike from there (Bas Cuiver is located along the N7 highway and takes about 15mins).


GUIDE
• http://www.xavier-langlois.com
• "ESCALADE HORS PISTES A FONTAINEBLEAU"
You can find it in Milly, at decathlon (in carrefour) and in font in sport shop

DECATHLON
In Villiers en biere (nort of Barbizon, 10 km from font)

RESTAURANTS
• Chalet Jobert, at the entrance to the Dame Joanne area, just up the road after you pass Elephant. ( 0164234525). Pictures of climbers, a fire. A climbers' place and they serve Kangaroo steak.
• In Milly center there is one cooking "la pierrade"

GITES D'ETAPE
• NOISY SUR ECOLE Trois Pignons, close to Trois Pignons.
Réservations: 01 64 24 54 67.
• MILLY LA FORET La Ferme du Coquibus, 01 64 98 87 40.
• MOIGNY SUR ECOLE 01 64 97 23 81.

HÔTELS
• FONT 100 mt down the main road from the train station: Etap Hotel [phone]
• ECUELLES, 10 km from Bleau. Formule 1
Tel : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
room 1,2,3 persons, external bathroom and shower: 28 euros.

FREE BIVOUACS
(You need the car to take food with you)
In the forest, several places are allowed for overnight camping, namely near the ``Maisons Forestières'' belonging to the ONF (Office National des Forêts).
You first have to ask permission of the Office National de Forêts, 217, bis rue Grande, 77300 Fontainebleau.

• Bivouac de La Grande Vallée, Near the Forest-Hut (Maison Forestière) of "La Grande-Vallée", where you will have specific infos on this bivy (Tel [phone]) 77780 Bourron-Marlotte north of Bourron-Marlotte , south of Fontainebleau on N7, when route D58 enters the forest. Water. No fire allowed. OPEN. Better to book.

• Near the Forest-Hut of "Bois-le-Roi", on the south border of the city of Bois-le-Roi (north of Fontainebleau), at the entrance of the forest on N6.
Close to Rocher Canon (30 min walking from station bois le roi), drinkable water. Fires allowed ... now closed, in the future ?

• Near the Forest-Hut of "Bas-Bréau".
Between Barbizon and Fontainebleau on N7, when you enter the forest after Barbizon.
Water. Fires allowed after Ranger authorization. closed

• La Croix-Saint-Hérem
• Les Barnolets
• La Solle
• Les Huit-Routes
• Franchard

• Near the forest-Hut of "Petit-Barbeau" (close to the private camping), extreme northeast of the forest, close to the river Seine, north of the city of Samois-sur-Seine, at the entrance of the forest. Water. No fire allowed. closed

• near the access road to the Hippodrome de Sol racetrack on the road from Melun to Font (on the right after Rocher St. Germain on the way to Font).


What about opening an Hostel in Fontainebleau area ??