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| granjero | Lovely Peak!  | |
| Climbed North Face with intent to make a ski descent but water ice made skiing the Couloir Barbey a much more intelligent option. A great ski nonetheless and a wonderful climb. | |
| Posted Mar 28, 2011 12:54 pm | ||
| markhallam | Aiguille D'Argentierre | |
| Standard route via Millieu Glacier, training for the Brenva. | |
| Posted Dec 29, 2010 1:11 am | ||
| FrançoisJ | normal Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1996 | |
| with 2 Bernard's.... date/year approx | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2010 3:42 pm | ||
| barrys | Normal Route, tricky conditions Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2010 | |
| During a very warm spell. As a result in places the west face was tougher than I expected. We did a small traverse of the summit ridge from point west to just above Fleche Rousse. I was slow going back down the face which meant rushing down the Milieu corridor with the sound of stone falls ever present. I originally wanted to try the Y couloir, alas, I would have been well out of my comfort zone in these conditions. I'll come back for the Y in the future, the view from the top is well worth another go. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2010 4:32 pm | ||
| andrea.it | ski route Date Climbed: Mar 23, 2010 | |
| Clasic ski route on Glacier de Milieu in 4,15h from the top cablecar station of Grand Montets. | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2010 7:28 pm | ||
| Jeroen Vels | North Face Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2008 | |
| Climbed the north face together with Bas, Wouter and Jurgen. We made a small sidestep to the rocks on the right side, because the ice on the face was interesting thin. Descended via the Glacier du Milieu. | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2008 11:02 am | ||
| Bas Visscher | North Face classic route | |
| Climbed the north face. Great ambiance in the route, but quite severe conditions. We belayed the biggest part and descended along the normal route. | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2008 10:59 am | ||
| CrazyBanana | Glacier du Milieu Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007 | |
| Eventful climb for me, as I dropped my DSLR camera just 100m below the summit. It got out of the camera bag, which fell into the bergschrund, while the camera kept rolling down. I managed to recover everything with the help of some fellow climbers, the camera is still working, but I had to replace the lens. Apart from the bad mood after this event, it was a beautiful climb. | |
| Posted Mar 26, 2008 1:27 pm | ||
| Joerg Marretsch | Glacier du Milieu Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2006 | |
| Good ice conditions on Glacier du Milieu and a good rest on the summit. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2006 10:46 am | ||
| Koen | Route Climbed: SE-ridge (Flêche Rousse-ridge) Date Climbed: july 17 2005 | |
| Ascentroute: SE-ridge from Argentière hut, descent: normalroute through Milieu glacier. As this was part of my basic alpine course, with 4 trainees, it took us quite a while to summit (12hrs). Came back down in 3hrs. Conditions were too warm to be good, rock on the ridge was loose and rotten. Still an exciting and challenging climb for a first. Views from the top were excellent as the skies were clear all day. | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2006 7:46 am | ||
| charles | Route Climbed: Soutwest flank Date Climbed: jULY 1985 | |
| enjoyed it. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2005 8:52 am | ||
| Thomas Gurviez | Route Climbed: normal route : glacier du milieu Date Climbed: 23 march 2003 | |
| Perfect slopes for skiing, maybe too crowdy | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2005 4:42 am | ||
| Stuart Buchanan | Route Climbed: Y Couloir Date Climbed: 15 June 2004 | |
| Lovely route on perfect neve. Direct start was trivial. Wasn't aclimatized properly, so completely knackered by the time we summitted. Still managed to beat guidebook time by an hour. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2004 11:06 am | ||
| Dan Bailey | Route Climbed: normal Date Climbed: summer 1998 | |
| lovely peak | |
| Posted Feb 10, 2004 11:46 am | ||
| Tom Fralich | Route Climbed: Y Couloir Date Climbed: March 17, 2003 | |
| Climbed the right branch of the Y with Juan Valderrama as a simul-solo. We reached the summit in 4.5 hrs from the hut and descended the Milieu Glacier in 2.5 hrs. As he says, the descent is a pain after the snow has softened. We planned to start earlier, but overslept at the hut. | |
| Posted Mar 25, 2003 10:55 am | ||
| El Tigre Valderrama | Route Climbed: Y Colouir, descent via Meliu Glacier Date Climbed: March 17 2003 | |
| Nice route, took the right arm of the Y. Done with Thomas Fralich in simul solo. The climb was done in winter but the weather was hot. The route had many steps on the snow from skiers (ramdome ski) so it was a piece of cake to climb the gully. The summit cornise is enormous and the Melieu Glacier gets very 'soft' after noon, so descent is delicate. Great route after all. | |
| Posted Mar 24, 2003 9:32 am | ||
| Probemeister | Route Climbed: Y couloir Date Climbed: 12 July 2001 | |
| good conditions, top to ourselves, tres bon! | ||
| Posted Jan 21, 2003 7:10 am | ||
| tomclimb | Route Climbed: Y Couloir Date Climbed: 27 july 2001 | |
| A nice climb in perfect conditions! | ||
| Posted Dec 29, 2002 2:57 am | ||
| kullaberg | Route Climbed: glacier de milieu Date Climbed: march1988 | |
| ski ascent, one day from chamonix via grand montets ski area. fine tour, totally doable on a long spring day. steep headwall, can be descended with difficulty clear from summit on skis. non technical, one tool, crampons if not skiing. | |
| Posted Nov 27, 2002 8:53 pm | ||
| Chamonix Man | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: August 2000 | |
| Stayed the night in the Argentiere hut which is great. Good early start in the morning and up the normal route. My first climb of the season and a good one to acclimatise before attempting the higher mountains around Chamonix. No difficulties and fairly safe. I took this photo a year later when I went back to ski. | |
| Posted Nov 4, 2002 2:39 pm | ||
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