Graie AlpsPetite Aiguille Verte Climber's Log
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| icypeak | NW Ridge  Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2007 | |
| Really nice mixed climb. Had the mountain to ourselves first thing in the morning but soon the crowds arrived, which made going back down the ridge a wee bit challenging with the crowds making their way up. In all, we took less than 3 hours at a very easy pace. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2007 8:22 am | ||
| climbxclimb | Good short climb Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2006 | |
| Climbed the ice/snow face up to the summit | |
| Posted Apr 11, 2007 1:56 pm | ||
| Lortnoc | Good fun Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2007 | |
| Climbed the NE-ridge and back down via the normal route. Varied and fun climb, everything is in there: bergschrund, steep firn, rock climbing, rapelling etc. Excellent conditions. | |
| Posted Apr 10, 2007 3:30 pm | ||
| tphubbard | A pleasant bimble! | |
| Very pleasant little wander. | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2007 3:47 pm | ||
| Bart | Great intro to mixed climbing. Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2006 | |
| Climbed the normal route in the very hot july month. After a quite steep climb up the face we came to the ridge which we climbed with crampons on most of the way. Great fun and good practice, especially with our guide shouting at us to go faster constantly, really keeps you focused! Highly recommended. | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2006 8:35 am | ||
| Gripped | NW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2006 | |
| Fun after a fresh dump of snow. Up the ridge and down the face with a novice. A good place to practise skills, moving together, down climbing, releasable axe abesils, crevasse rescue and so on. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2006 2:35 pm | ||
| simo | Route Climbed: NW ridge Date Climbed: Mar 26, 2006 | |
| Wonderful ridge with very much snow and funny climbing | ||
| Posted Mar 27, 2006 3:54 pm | ||
| philippe bridgeman | Route Climbed: North West Ridge Date Climbed: July 2004 | |
| Nice easy short route with a variety of skills used. The French guides kept removing every ones gear which made the route a little more interesting. | |
| Posted Nov 29, 2005 7:35 am | ||
| am89 | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: July 5th, 2005 | |
| Climbed the Petit Aiguille as part of training for the Mont Blanc- took the usual way down the Point de Vue piste until Lognan. First time hiking on a glacier. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2005 10:19 pm | ||
| steveej | Route Climbed: NW Face Date Climbed: 17 July 2005 | |
| Bivvied on the scree below the Grand Montets station through a crystal clear night. Left the bivvy at 06:15 and ascended the path towards the normal route before traversing left underneath the face to the rimaye. Good screws below the surface layer at the rimaye and the the lower 2/3rds of the face (Good ice! ). Top 3rd of the face poorer snow/ice but with the angle easing. Face feels a lot steeper than 50/55 degrees, steeper than it looks. Managed 4 screws in the face but could have placed more. 1st party to summit that day. Descent via the normal that was then getting crowded. Good acclimatisation route. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2005 10:37 am | ||
| davis13 | Route Climbed: Left hand ridge Date Climbed: June 05 | |
| Drove for 9 hours straight and then started the climb with no sleep. Went straight up the middle to the bergschrund and then over to the left ridge. Less crowded and a lot of fun. Mixed snow/ice/rocks. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2005 3:18 pm | ||
| fdoctor | Route Climbed: NW Face Date Climbed: July 2004 | |
| A fun little ice route in conditions more like Patagonia than France in the Summer! Fairly easy apart from a large bergschrund, then joining the NW Ridge to the summit. | |
| Posted Jun 12, 2005 2:11 pm | ||
| noah | Route Climbed: normal route Date Climbed: summer 2004 | |
| Had a late start and meet a lot of returning traffic in the lower part of the rocky ridge so we turned back. Camped the night and intended to climb the ENE colior the next day but was not in good condition so opted for a little rock climbing. | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2004 5:54 pm | ||
| flearreta | Route Climbed: From Lognan via Glacier du Argentiere Date Climbed: August 10, 2004 | |
| It was my first climb this summer so I wanted to give it an extra effort for the sake of proper acclimatization. To accomplish this, I started from Lognan (end of first telepherique) as opposed to taking both telepheriques up to Grands Montets and starting from there. From Lognan is a vertical height gain of 1500 mts. I soloed the route in 4.5 hours. Nice view of the Drus...you can hear from summit ridge the almost non-stop rock fall happening in the Petit Dru. | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2004 12:38 pm | ||
| cherokee | Route Climbed: Ordinary Route Date Climbed: July 29, 1977 | |
| Climbed the ordinary route then went on to climb the Grands Montets Ridge and the Aiguille Verte. A nice area to go to when the other areas are crowded. | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2004 2:00 pm | ||
| Dan Bailey | Route Climbed: various Date Climbed: summer 2001 | |
| good fun | |
| Posted Feb 10, 2004 11:51 am | ||
| il.rocciatore | Route Climbed: NW Ridge Date Climbed: july 2002 | |
| My first mixed route and a worthy climb. Nice acclimatisation trip. | |
| Posted Dec 6, 2003 10:50 am | ||
| Chamonix Man | Route Climbed: North West Ridge Date Climbed: Tue 28 Jul 2003 | |
| This is a great training peak and there is no need to get up early for an alpine start. It only takes a couple of hours from the top of the cable car station, and it can be done in the afternoon. When we came down from the climb we descended all the way down to the Argentiere hut to climb the Tour Noir the next day. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2003 6:39 am | ||
| mtselman | Route Climbed: NW Ridge Date Climbed: August, 2002 | |
| A good begginer climb + acclimatization climb. | ||
| Posted Jun 6, 2003 12:27 pm | ||
| Diego Sahagún | Route Climbed: NW Ridge, Normal Date Climbed: July 15, 1990 | |
| My father, my three brothers and me started to climb at the upper station of the Grand Montet cable car. We were newbies because it was only the second time that we wore crampons, so we only could reach the ridge just over the rimaye. I think that we were unroped so it was a good decision. I remind the amazing views of Aiguille Verte, Les Drus and Mont Blanc Massif. It was only a hike but we had a nice and sunny day of apprenticeship, and could take many photos (slides) that I can't scan now. | |
| Posted Apr 19, 2003 6:06 pm | ||
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