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| boriskrielen | Route climbed: normal from refuge Glacier Blanc  Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2009 | |
| Climbed it solo from the refuge Glacier Blanc. Conditions were OK. Cold. And a lot of fresh snow, sometimes waist deep. Barre des Ecrins and Pic Lory failed because of iced conditions on the ridge and wall. | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2009 9:00 am | ||
| Gertiño | First 4000'er without mountain guide Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2009 | |
| Left from Refuge des Ecrins (thanks Jeannot for another wonderful stay in a Refuge run by you) at about 3.45 am and reached the summit together with Willhe and Cé at about 7.30 am. We went straight up through the middle of the glacier (steeper) as the normal route was considered to be too dangerous because of the risk of falling ice. Excellent weather and great view (on Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Monte Viso etc.). I'll be back for the Barre des Ecrins in the (hopefully near) future. | ||
| Posted Jul 5, 2009 4:29 am | ||
| ferdinandverboom | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2008 | |
| I went out with my friend Maarten thursdaynight from Holland (below zero), we arrived in Ailefroide at friday, late noon. The next day we packed our heavy bags and arrived in the afternoon at Refuge des Ecrins. Instead of sleeping in the crowded, expensive but comfortable refuge we set up our camp at the glacier. Everything went fine, it was a beautiful, not to cold, night, but we made one mistake. We drunk some water out of a small stream just below the refuge. Somewere we knew this wasn't a very good idea with the sanitair of the refuge 100m metres above us, but we were tired, in need of water, and we had little desire to climb up to the refuge for fresh water. The climb went great. It wasn't very demanding, but with our one-day acclimatization it was... Actually we wanted to climb the Barre, but when we came there we had not enough gear and spirit to make the final climb, so we went to the dome, which was also pretty nice. The descent was very long and I've never felt so tired after a climb before. The reason for that revealed itself that night, when all the bad water came out..... | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2008 12:47 pm | ||
| rosannadidi | final trip of the mountaineering course Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006 | |
| my first European 4K ! absolutely fantastic but tiring (didn't sleep at all during night, only one hour on the glacier on the way back!) | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2007 11:48 am | ||
| pablo | Normal Route Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007 | |
| At 3am in the morning, clock alarm sound but wind and storm were yet strong. Jean Philippe, Philippe and me decided to postpone to 7am. At this time sun was there. We got out of the hut and traversed the glacier. When beginning the climb the clouds came down and the wind still was strong (60-80km/h). We decided to continue, reaching the summit without visibility and relatively violent wind at 10h30am. We made some photos and went down quick. Although the Dome is considered a relatively easy climb the weather conditions made the experience harder, like in winter. We celebrated with some beers back in the Glacier Blanc Hut around 13h00pm, at the end of the day it is a 4000m ! | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2007 6:19 am | ||
| schmid_th | Easy going Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2005 | |
| Normal way from Refuge des Écrins is easy going. Nice view - but our main target, the Barre des Écrins, failed because of a completely iced ridge and the fall of 2 climbers in front before us. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2006 9:43 am | ||
| Trabalon | Normal Route to Barre Ecrins in august 2002 | |
| We climbed this peak with my friend Dani in Barre des Ecrins climbed. An easy peak but very beautiful! | |
| Posted Feb 28, 2006 5:46 pm | ||
| the.thys.family | Route Climbed: Normal with ice couloir to breche Lory Date Climbed: 21 september 2005 | |
| Beautiful day, already a lot of snow. When we started the ascent, a small harmless avalanche came down from the first serrac. It stopped 200 m above us. In any case it was a very good wake up call at 6 AM in the morning. The ascent is rather easy with the exception of the ice couloir just underneath the breche Lory. I would advice to take 4 to 5 icescrews in order to secure this short difficult part of the route since the ice couloir at the bottom ends in a large and deep ice crevasse. Splendid view from the top (arrival 0930 AM) | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2005 2:44 pm | ||
| Pietzl | Route Climbed: Normal route via Brèche Lory Date Climbed: 24 august 2005 | |
| great climb on a beautiful day, and a special one for my climbing partner and me: our first 4000 meter peak! Easy but long snow walk uphill, except for the steep ice wall (60º, 15m) at Brèche Lory. The view on the mont blanc is great! | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2005 4:49 am | ||
| bruno baschung | Route Climbed: normal Date Climbed: september 1979 | |
| A great day from refuge du Glacier Blanc, I had to wait till next year for la Barre. Mind the crevasses. Ok, it's easy, but exposed to crevasses falls and sometimes serac falls on the lower slopes. Bruno baschung | ||
| Posted Sep 9, 2005 6:12 am | ||
| Claude Mauguier | Route Climbed: normal, north face over glacier Blanc Date Climbed: july 1987 | |
| Nothing to mention, apart from a faint haze that made the surroundings a bit pale...Lots of people. I found the bergschrund a bit too wide and, as I was alone, didn't try the Barre itself. | ||
| Posted May 17, 2005 8:29 am | ||
| Thomas Gurviez | Route Climbed: brèche Lory normal Date Climbed: June 1993 | |
| this summit is one of the easiest '4000' of the Alps, that could justify the crowd ! Perhaps best to ski than to hike | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2005 4:35 am | ||
| siroco | Route Climbed: Normal route Date Climbed: Aug. 2004 | |
| very nice | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2004 7:54 am | ||
| Farmer | Route Climbed: N-couloir on the Barre Noir - Normalroute Date Climbed: june 2004 | |
| We sorry asses didn't get on the Barre.... but had to return after "summiting" the Dome des Ecrins. ps. The normal route must be one of the most dangerous in the area at the time!! I think there is about 5 zillion kubic meters of ice planning its way down.......fast.... | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2004 3:55 am | ||
| Steve Pritchard | Route Climbed: From the East, Glacier Blanc Date Climbed: 8 July 2003 | |
| A cracking climb although it took our group (of young, fit British Army soldiers!!) longer than the 2 3/4 hours stated in guidebooks (from R. des Ecrins). The descent from the summit was crowded, with a bottleneck of 20 climbers descending the bergschrund at the same point. This was where the snow peak of the dome meets the rocky outcrop of the Barre des Ecrins itself. | |
| Posted May 23, 2004 10:21 am | ||
| Eelconl | Route Climbed: From La Bérarde Date Climbed: May 1997 | |
| Four days off from Holland. Got by hitchhiking and did the mountain with a friend!!!! Wonderful weather and a fantastic view. Wauw | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2004 1:55 pm | ||
| Hector Garcia Hevia | Route Climbed: Normal Route (Glacier Blanc) Date Climbed: July 24th, 2002 | |
| Reached the summit of my first 4000 along the Normal Route with two friends from 'G.M. Texu', Luisma and Manuel. The weather was excellent, not a cloud, and just a bit breezy at the top. We didn't feel fit enough to head for the Barre, which was the original plan. Had to wait in line, both on the way up and down, at a tricky portion meters below the summit. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2002 5:16 am | ||
| Mathias Zehring | Route Climbed: normal route Date Climbed: April 29th 1999 | |
| We did it with ski on a guided tour. After a good morning the weather changed to stormy and snowfall at the last hour. So it was more a struggle than pleasure. If snow conditons were good it would be great skiing downhill! | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2002 12:04 am | ||
| Madveras | Route Climbed: North Face, normal way Date Climbed: August, 14th 2001 | |
| My first 4000m mountain !!!! | |
| Posted May 30, 2002 7:35 am | ||
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