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| pablo | Route Climbed: Normal  Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2009 | |
| Nico, my brother and I departed Torino hut at 5am and arrived to the summit, kissing the virgin at 10am... Approach ugly - specially the rock part, but ascent from "salle a manger" exciting. Sunny day. Descent fine and refreshing beer in Chamonix at 4pm. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2009 8:26 am | ||
| Jurgen Mesman | Normalroute Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2009 | |
| Took the first cable car from Courmayeur and climbed the normal route in a day. Perfect conditions and beautiful weather. The ropes bother a little. Fast descent by rappel through the south face. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2009 1:12 pm | ||
| MountaingirlBC | Stormed off Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2008 | |
| Lightening, sideways freezing rain and high winds blowing pieces of bird around made for an early turn-around on this beauty. Next time! | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2009 3:57 pm | ||
| pablo | Route Normal Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2008 | |
| Unfortunately the weather was too tough. We made from Torino Hut to "Salle a Manger" in 1h30 (6h30am) ... snow and wind , and getting worse... we decided to try up the "Dent" but just 2 pitches from the summit the previous couple decided to abort and so did Sev and I. wall was getting really wet... some minutes later a big thunder hit close ... a couple of ropes arrived later to the hut successful ... those ropes where a bit sooner out there... we will try again ... good experience anyhow... | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2008 8:04 am | ||
| bruno baschung | normal route | |
| Impressive peak, with tiny summit, impressive view as well! bruno baschung | ||
| Posted Jun 15, 2008 3:16 pm | ||
| roadmountain | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: Oct 23, 2007 | |
| Nice climbed, a little late in the season! Beautiful view toward Mont Blanc and Grandes Jorasses. Torino winterraum isn't the most wanted place to be in the mountains....On the way back we missed the cable car in two minutes and decides to sleep in the toilethall of the cable station of the Torinohut. There was light and warmth...., that wasn't in the winterraum!;-) But the climb was great! | |
| Posted Nov 1, 2007 12:08 pm | ||
| mulidivarese | two attempt in two days Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2007 | |
| Twice in two days. The first time fog, snow, rain and storm. Arrived to the Sale a manger we decide it was more carefull return to the torino hut. the second time was after a strormy night. Icy, cold, windy, full of snow. At the Burgheher platte we quit another time. another time i hope to be more lucky | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2007 3:28 am | ||
| DoJo | normal route | |
| normal route (Jul 1995) very cold - someone changed our new crampons against old ones :-( | |
| Posted May 19, 2007 2:47 pm | ||
| MichaelJ | Normal variant Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2006 | |
| My first climb in the alps. Silvio and I climbed a harder variant of the normal route (not, as usual, on purpose). On the first pitch I went straight up the corner system instead of moving left and following all the fixed junk. The crux of this route was an overhung crack, which felt harder than 5.9+ in mountain boots. The route rejoins the normal on the third pitch, where we eshewed the fix gear and just enjoyed the face climbing. A fun route, especially if climbed free. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2006 7:10 pm | ||
| EQUUS | Route Climbed: ordinary route from Helbronner Date Climbed: Jul of 1989 | |
| Ascent during attempt passing ridge Helbronner-Grandes Jorasses | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2005 6:30 pm | ||
| adszhu | Route Climbed: Normal route (SW face) Date Climbed: 1st September 2004 | |
| We had to skip the last 10 metres due to a nice fall. Our rope is still there - DON'T USE IT! Trip description: http://www.geocities.com/adszhu/Dent_2004_en_geo.htm | ||
| Posted Nov 15, 2004 7:33 am | ||
| TodoVertical | Route Climbed: South West Face (Normal route) Date Climbed: Aug 2004 | |
| We climbed free all pitches, mostly at 5b/c, and two sections of what we believed is 6a. The fixed-rope is something that takes the beauty out of the route. May be one day it will no longer be there. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2004 5:39 pm | ||
| Tom Fralich | Route Climbed: SW Face Date Climbed: July 29, 2004 | |
| Climbed with Philippe Gerschel in the afternoon after first making a traverse of the Rochefort Ridge to the Aiguille de Rochefort. Really straightforward, especially with the fixed ropes. Only about 3 pitches of climbing without ropes. We descended by four rappels down the south face. Nice summit. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2004 1:20 pm | ||
| cherokee | Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: August 5, 1976 | |
| The overhanging south face was not as hard as I thought it would be. There were many pitons in place when I climbed it. Went on to do the Rochefort Ridges (Grandes Jorassas) after camping at the base of the face. | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2004 2:46 pm | ||
| Antonio Giani | Route Climbed: via Normale Date Climbed: 1973 | |
| dal rifugio Torino | |
| Posted Apr 13, 2004 2:41 am | ||
| mountaindog | Route Climbed: Voie Normal Date Climbed: July 2003 | |
| Beautiful peak but very crowded. Probably lost 2 hours on the day waiting on/passing other parties. Can be very windy so bring a windjacket regardless of how sunny it way seem. Be alert for the meandering nature of the rappels on the descent. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2003 12:43 am | ||
| TodoVertical | Route Climbed: South West Face (Normal route) Date Climbed: Aug. 1997 | |
| We could not reach the summit because of the crowds. Never attempt the route in summer time. | |
| Posted Dec 5, 2002 9:37 am | ||
| Samuli Mansikka | Route Climbed: Normal route Date Climbed: June 2002 | |
| Summitted in june 2002 through the normal route. Have to admit that I did use the fixed ropes during the ascent, have to try that again some day with no "cheating". An interesting climb indeed! | |
| Posted Nov 3, 2002 12:18 pm | ||
| Chamonix Man | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: 22 August 2001 | |
| Used this peak as preparation for ascent of the Matterhorn. It is a classic rock climb. We set of (as a pair) from the Torino Hut at 0700. Torino hut is average. It took 2 hrs to get to the base of the climb by crossing a glacier, ascending a couloir and up some loose scree and rocks. The climb itself is usually quite busy, it is worth getting there earlier to avoid the rush (route finding is not a problem). The slabs are awesome, there is a fixed rope up this 100m bit and they make life easier, it is quite fun not to use them though - we had to in places. I did the climb with mountaineering boots so that I could get used to climbing rock with them, most of the other people on the route were wearing 'stickies' (rock boots). I am not a particulary advanced rock climber but I had no difficulty leading with my big boots. There are two summits and the second (higher) one has a statue of the Virgin Mary, it is quite a fright if you are not expecting it! Down in hut by 1400, not a very long day, a great climb in its own right and good preparation for the matterhorn" | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2002 6:01 am | ||
| Rahel Maria Liu | Route Climbed: Normal route Date Climbed: July 23, 2002 | |
| I climbed it together with Jürgen from DAV Ulm. It was a great sunny day with best conditions - and therefore many, many people ..... I used it as training for alpine climbing with my big Koflach plastic boots and was surprised, how well I could climb most of the grade V passages without touching the fixed ropes. It was really a lot of fun to climb this nice peak. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2002 7:43 am | ||
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