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| mulidivarese | Normal Route  Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2011 | |
| Normal from Cabane du Dent Blanche. Bit of snow and ice, no major problems with Carlo | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2012 3:46 pm | ||
| markhallam | South ridge Date Climbed: Jul 15, 1986 | |
| Climbed the south ridge via the Grande Gendarme. Moved very fast climbing unroped. | |
| Posted Dec 29, 2010 12:54 pm | ||
| il.rocciatore | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: august 2010 | |
| After a short bad weather break in Belgium, we are back in Val d'Hérens for an attempt on the South Ridge of Dent Blanche. Given the crowded Dent Blanche Hut, we are not the only ones with these intentions. Although the weather forecast indicated perfect weather, we started our climb the next morning in cold, cloudy and very windy conditions. Easy climbing to the base of the Grand Gendarme, we already passed the crowds by then and had all the technical sections for ourselves. Made it without problems to the summit in a little less than 4 hours. During descent the sun finally broke through and allowed us to enjoy the fantastic views from the ridge to the Obergabelhorn, Matterhorn, ... Great climb, great satisfaction! | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2010 6:42 am | ||
| vincepeters | South Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2009 | |
| Perfect conditions, perfect weather. What a beautiful mountain. Oh and the best view ever. | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2010 3:45 am | ||
| ThomasOldeHeuvelt | Wandflue Ridge from bivouac right below the gendarme Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008 | |
| Beautiful climb on one of the most impressive peaks of the Alps. We avoided the crowds from the Cabane the Dent Blanche by making a bivouac right below the Grand Gendarme at 3950 m. This means a heavy backpack and a long ascent on the first day, but a thrilling, expedition like experience on the ridge, the bivouac, and avoids the crowds in the tricky passages the next day. From there we made it in little over 2,5 hours to the summit. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2008 2:11 am | ||
| skileraar | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2008 | |
| Good conditions, not very much snow. Took us 3 1/2 hours to get up :) | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2008 6:21 am | ||
| Cyrill | Dent Blanche 4357m Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2008 | |
| a fantastic tour on a admirable and demanding the 4000er of the Swiss Alps. Wow! Wow! Wow! | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2008 10:04 am | ||
| gregorywp | South Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2007 | |
| 50 Kmh Winds, 10 cm of fresh snow, -10 degrees, it was grueling, but we made it to the top. It felt great and such beautiful views of the Cervin! N.B. The Grand Gendarme was more difficult than it looked. | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2007 4:27 pm | ||
| mamo | Great ! Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| After 3 days of bad weather , me and my friend Paul King arrived to the cabanne alone(where there was a funny and pleasant nepalese guardian), and were completely alone during the whole climbing of Wandfluegrat to the top! Perfect weather: a great day , on a really throne of ice and rocks ! | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2007 4:18 pm | ||
| Samuli Mansikka | Normal route Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2006 | |
| What a splendid mountain! I have had my eyes on it everytime I went to the Alps. I was happy to get to climb it in July with my friend Kurt (Durango, CO). We had the most beautiful morning and almost dead calm weather so the climb was one of the most enjoyable ones I've ever done. We approached the Dent Blanche Hut from the South through the Wandfluelücke which was a lot better than the approach next to Tete Blanche which we took for the way back to Zermatt. Photos: www.samulimansikka.com | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2006 1:14 pm | ||
| Gripped | South Ridge | |
| We had a fantastic bivy above the hut. Great views and a feeling of isolation. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2006 2:15 pm | ||
| bbirtle | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: Sept 3, 2005 | |
| Great weather, great conditions. Beautiful sunrise. Really enjoyable crux section. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2005 9:36 am | ||
| Plizi | Route Climbed: south ridge Date Climbed: juli 2002 | |
| Very nice climb moustly with good rock, famous views | |
| Posted Nov 27, 2002 6:22 am | ||
| schadik | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: 1998 | |
| Fantastic mountain, phenomenal views. Do not miss out on all the gendarmes if you have the time,energy and weather on your side. | |
| Posted Nov 23, 2001 1:34 am | ||
| Gui Lemmens | Route Climbed: south ridge Date Climbed: 1985 | |
| very nice mixed climb | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2001 3:27 am | ||
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