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| gabriele | some info about Brenva routes | |
Voted 10/10 | Brenva Spur - the easiest and safer route from the Brenva side - only 1 critical point : the last ice wall, changing during the season - one negative point : coming out from the Spur you loose the willing to go to the summit ... too far and of "less level" so, normally climbers turn to the right and come back to Aiguille du Midi (crossing the slops of Maudit and Tacul) Sentinella Rossa - looks to be the safer route to the summit (I've seen it from both sides - Spur and Major) - but looks also a strange mix of snow and rock, very discontinuous and (I think) not much engaging Major - 1 very dangerous point : the cross of the big (killer) channel coming down from the summit between Sentinella Rossa and Major ridge Once passed it the climb is safe, various and very engaging with fine snow ridges and not easy rocky bulwarks Poire - dangerous approach and, I think, some danger even along the route, the Poire itself (a rocky triangle) is not so marked so that ice falls can cross the whole wall ... But, in safe conditions I think it should be very fine, complete ... a classic Himalayan ascent ... | |
| Posted Dec 23, 2004 6:59 pm | ||
| gabriele | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | worth to be mentioned (and to be climbed, I heard) the eastern Pilier of Freney (Gervasutti 1940), a really important and difficult route, a little less difficult than the central one but even more wild and more "classic" (mixed, very little aid climbing ecc) | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2006 4:10 am | ||
| p-mike | Very useful | |
Voted 10/10 | You can get useful information about Mont Blanc condition updated every 2/3 days at this site: www.fondazionemontagnasicura.org | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2006 6:11 am | ||
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