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Rue Derrey la Vellaz 3
Sottons 1062

phone: 021 882 25 55
website: http://http://www.geckoescalade.ch/
email: [email protected]

Lead climbing and bouldering wall
1000m2 of lead walls, 13m high
Small bouldering room
- A good wall for all levels 4+ to 8+
- A good variety of different angled walls (slabs, overhangs, roof)
- Routes changed once or twice yearly
- Equipment hire
- Instruction available (see website)
- Large shop
- Cafe/Bar
- Changing rooms, showers
- Parking (often full)
- Sometimes Gecko runs some long routes on a big grain silo in Echallens. (See web site)

Access
Public transport to Sottons is not very good for Switzerland. It is possible to get there by Post bus, but not to get back after 20h11. However it is easy to hitch a lift with other wall users. Even by road Sottens is not so easy to get to. The wall is hidden down a back street. Take a GPS.
This is the best wall in the Lausanne area, but it's not very big and gets very busy indeed. On a weekday evening, queuing for routes is normal. Routes are well set and the wall is well managed. Wall staff check for bad belaying and do not permit dangerous practices.