Graie Alps > Mont Blanc GROUP > Aiguille du Peigne > Climber's Log
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| JanG | A long day on the Peigne  Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2011 | |
| A memorable rock climbing outing with my son Christoph and our guide Eric. Super rock, dramatic exposure and spectacular views from the summit. We took longer than planned and had to hurry back to catch the very last Tram from Plan de l'Aiguille at 18:15. A great day overall! | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2011 5:33 pm | ||
| Leendertschwab | vaucher route | |
| Nice climb with a tricky traverse over three bulges. The VI+ sections are streneous. | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2010 5:30 am | ||
| Dan Bailey | papillons | |
| good route, but busy | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2009 11:58 am | ||
| tphubbard | Superb | |
| Got lost, kind of climbed up and round it! Got to the top though traversed summit ridge and descended safely. Missed the cable car and had to walk back to town. Met some Polish climbers with crazy ancient gear and climbing techniques - including use of fixed rope! | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2007 3:51 pm | ||
| Bas Visscher | climbed pappillons and normal route | |
| Good climb. The Pappillons ridge offers 200 meters of very nice rock climbing up to V/V+. Contuining to the summit (another 200/300m?, IV) gives a much more alpine feeling however it was longer than we expected (17 'o clock back at basecamp). | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2006 9:29 pm | ||
| Gripped | West Ridge (Arete des Papillons) Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2006 | |
| Empty and oh so much better for it. Which was a lovely piece of luck. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2006 3:10 pm | ||
| Sam Page | Vaucher Route | |
| This is a great, albeit popular, route. It's about 12 pitches of sustained climbing, with technical difficulties reaching 5.10a. We rappelled straight down from the top of the gendarme, which was really spooky in a whiteout. We were lead off route by a stray bolt (or piton) about halfway up and had to gingerly retrace our steps. I vaguely remember missing the last telepherique and enjoying the 3000 foot downhill trudge. | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2006 10:12 pm | ||
| Tom Fralich | Route Climbed: West Ridge (Arete des Papillons) Date Climbed: June 21, 2005 | |
| Climbed with Philippe Gerschel and Tracy Arienne, starting from Plan de l'Aiguille at around 9AM. There were a ton of parties on the route, which led to some delays and we were climbing as a group of three, which is always slow. Some very nice and varied pitches. A lot of exposed climbing, but with good protection. I especially liked the huge flakes just below the summit of the third tower. After reaching the junction with the normal route, one rappel got us into the Papillons Couloir, which we descended to the Pelerins glacier. I just made the last cable car back to Chamonix. Philippe and Tracy weren't so lucky. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2005 11:38 am | ||
| Carbo | Route Climbed: Papillon Ridge Date Climbed: June 1990 | |
| My first alpine climb. Climbed with a chap from Wales long time ago. Missed the last lift down and had to hike the trail down to Chamonix in the dark | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2005 9:35 pm | ||
| mountaindog | Route Climbed: Minettes Ridge - Voie Normale Date Climbed: July 26th, 2002 | |
| Nice route with a few route finding challenges to link Minettes Ridge to the Voie Normale. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2002 12:40 pm | ||
| bruno.carbonne | Route Climbed: Contamine-Vaucher Date Climbed: July 1983 | |
| My first ascent in the Chamonix area. Looks like a very long time ago, though every moment of this climb remains in my memory | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2002 8:48 pm | ||
| Bernhard Sauer | Route Climbed: North west face of the "Gendarm" - Le ticket, le carre, le rond et la lune Date Climbed: August 1989 | |
| Nice climb and highly recommended...in the last pitch some challenging run-outs (see picture) | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2002 2:09 pm | ||
| Bernhard Sauer | Route Climbed: East Face of the "Gendarm"- Vaucher route Date Climbed: August 1990 | |
| Nice climb and highly recommended | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2002 2:06 pm | ||
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