My first north face! Climbed from the Albert Premier hut. Bergschrund blown full of snow and easy to pass, face itself had crispy snow with brittle ice underneath. We climbed solo.
Route Climbed: North Face. Date Climbed: July, 2004
Our first north face. Excllent (and a rather short) ciimb if only the weather permits. We (Boris & I) didn't get a single break throughout the entire week. However, those icy faces are exactly what i'm looking for in the mountains.
Perfect for the first North Face you climb on your own. Rather short (and that's an understatement), easy (if the rimaye isn't too wide ...) but very satisfying in combination with a traverse to Petite Fourche.