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South ridge and SouthEast wall

 
South ridge and SouthEast wall

Page Type: Route

Location: Alpi Graie, Italy, Europe

Lat/Lon: 45.51350°N / 7.26590°E

Route Type: Rock climb

Time Required: Most of a day

Difficulty: II/III

Route Quality: 
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Created/Edited: Jan 26, 2004 / Jan 26, 2004

Object ID: 159916

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Approach


From the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele (2.730m.) up on snow field/Moncorvè Glaciers to Colle del Gran Paradiso (3.345m.).

Route Description


The route starts from the col and follows exactly the ridge up to a big shoulder (3.530m.) Few orizontal meters and you reach another small shoulder still by the ridge. At this point the Aiazzi/Oggioni route goes straight up to the wide spur directly to the summit ( Diff: IV/V).The Bonacossa route turns right for about 50 m. to reach a wide gully/wall.
Follow this gully (mainly rock) directly to the summit ( quite easy except two small overhanging steps).
From the col: 2-3 hours
Difficult: II/III
This route can be a more interesting route to Gran Paradiso because from the summit of Becca di Moncorvè it takes only 1-1,5 hours to summit the G. Paradiso.

Essential Gear


Rope, easy belay with slings.

Miscellaneous Info


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