Aiguille du Tour Climber's Log

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barrys

barrys - Jul 27, 2010 6:51 am Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2010

Versant Est du Nord  Sucess!

Left before the crowds but the peak was buried in thick cloud and we had a few route finding problems in the dark and cloud. Ploughed straight up the middle of glacier du tour. Planned on doing the traverse, thick cloud and darkness meant we ended up following tracks up the north peak. Still very short and relatively easy. Had the route and summit to ourselves just before the cloud started to break up. Back on the Trient basin as the crowds arrived.

georgen

georgen - Jul 25, 2010 8:03 am Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2010

Climbed Table couloir&tTable ridge  Sucess!

Nice route!Climbed down South ridge.

LAMONTAGNE

LAMONTAGNE - Nov 22, 2009 2:15 pm Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2009

Warm up for Mt-Blanc  Sucess!

Excellent training to get used of some rocky climbs before hiking the Mt-Blanc.

hansw

hansw - Oct 11, 2009 7:03 am Date Climbed: Aug 5, 1992

Training for Mont Blanc  Sucess!

This was part of the training for Mont Blanc. The starting point was the Albert Premier hut. Good scrambling but crowded on the last part of the route, (August 15, 1992).

Jurgen

Jurgen - Aug 17, 2009 1:16 pm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2009

Traverse of the S-summit  Sucess!

Climbed as a climbing instructor during a NKBV-course.

schadik

schadik - Mar 29, 2009 1:00 pm

Climbed this 3-4 times!  Sucess!

I've used this mountain as a warmup for the Mont Blanc many times!!

damgaard

damgaard - Feb 26, 2009 2:59 am Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2006

Normal route from French side  Sucess!

Warm up for Mt. Blanc. Super weather. Apparently the "normal" route had shifted to another valley than described in our book, so we had a fun climb across a big bergscrund

skileraar

skileraar - Sep 7, 2008 3:59 pm

Normal route/West Couloir  Sucess!

climbed it twice; first time the normal route, the second time starting in a couloir on the west side and finishing on the north ridge

[X] Bird

[X] Bird - Aug 18, 2008 2:05 pm Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2008

Normal route  Sucess!

Attempted the Table du Roc spur from the Albert Premier hut. Could not find the start of the route and there was too much stone fall at every possible route up to the crest of the spur. Since we had a enough time left we decided to do the normal route on the south summit. North summit normal route seemed a bit more interessting.

klwagar

klwagar - Aug 8, 2008 12:17 pm Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2008

great day  Sucess!

wonderful day. Normal route and lots of people

Leendertschwab

Leendertschwab - Aug 6, 2008 11:26 am

normal route from trient hut  Sucess!

As part of the c2 course

Nanuls

Nanuls - Aug 4, 2008 5:27 am

Normal route  Sucess!

Ascended the mountian via the normal route as part of an Alpine skills course run by Plas y Brenin on behalf of the Jonathan Conville Trust. My first proper Alpine peak!

Andy_Hornung

Andy_Hornung - Jul 18, 2008 2:00 pm Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2000

Nice easy mixed route  Sucess!

Set out on a beautiful sunny morning. By the time we got to the top the weather had closed in, visibility nil, and it started to snow, so no view from the summit. Still enjoyed it though.

drorfid

drorfid - Apr 3, 2008 7:16 am Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2003

normal  Sucess!

good for beginners

Herb

Herb - Sep 6, 2007 5:49 am Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2007

East flank & North-east ridge  Sucess!

Started from the hut Albert I., ascended via Col Superieur, the east flank and the NE-ridge. Continued after descent to the Trient hut via the Plateau du Trient.

tphubbard

tphubbard - Jan 31, 2007 11:32 pm

Climbed ths twice  Sucess!

Once in '99 via the Table du Roc (poor weather, went on wrong ridge but got to top in the end) with two nights in the hut and then again in August 2003 with Neil and Simon from Le Tour and back in a day during a short window in the atrocious weather. A good training day is to climb this in a day from the valley and run back down - a bit of everything- scramble, glacer travel, moraine bashing!

roadmountain

roadmountain - Oct 20, 2006 10:01 pm Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2006

Route climbed: Couloir de la Breche  Sucess!

A nice couloir between south an north summit. In oppesite of Couloir le Table. Beginning and ending the most difficult. Nice acclimatisation

icypeak

icypeak - Oct 8, 2006 11:52 am Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2006

From Albert premier  Sucess!

Very nice route. Found the trek from the lift a little long and not too interesting..especially on the way down! Reached summit in well under 3 hours at a very comfortable pace.

pablo

pablo - Jul 10, 2006 6:54 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2006

Route climbed - Normal  Sucess!

My brother Gabi and I, as preparation of our ascend to Mont Blanc, climbed succesfully this nice Aiguille. At that moment of time it was our highest peak climbed ever. Nice route from Albert I hut and summit covered with fog. Our colleagues Luis and Fran joined us for the photo and celebration.

See trip report for more details: http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/209049/Aiguille-du-Tour-Aiguilles-Dor-es-Warming-Up-for-Mont-Blanc.html

Bas Visscher

Bas Visscher - Jan 24, 2006 1:35 pm

Route Climbed: normal from trient hut Date Climbed: july 2004  Sucess!

good acclimatisation tour, not very special

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