continuation of the 1st section, Nikman. Although I did not plan to spend as much time on SP this evening I followed it till the end!
1 question and 1 remark:
* The small glacier at the beginning of Lagginhorn appears blank - are there crevasses which may by invisible but dangerous under snowy conditions?
* Aig. de Trelatete may be a good ski target but offers at least 2 fascinating trips for summer also: 1st using Bonatti couloir up to Petit Montblanc (global warminng permitting); 2nd continuing from A.T. over the horse-shoe to Aig. des Glaciers.
Thanks for reading till the end :-) I didn´t expect it to take as much time to create it also.
To answer your question:
1. There are some small crevasses, but you can not fall inside (20cm wide) and I could see one bigger crevasse, that was very visible. There is a lot of rockfall from Lagginhorn. I would estimate that any bigger crevasse will be filled with rocks before someone can fall inside.
2. Thanks for your tips, I will study all possiblities.
I hope to return to the Alps next year and am thinking of the Lagginhorn - probably like you, climbing solo. 2 years ago I climbed its neighbour, the Weissmies - and it would be nice to do a bit more in the area.
Cheers, Mark
reinhard2 - Sep 16, 2007 4:50 pm - Voted 10/10
Very nicecontinuation of the 1st section, Nikman. Although I did not plan to spend as much time on SP this evening I followed it till the end!
1 question and 1 remark:
* The small glacier at the beginning of Lagginhorn appears blank - are there crevasses which may by invisible but dangerous under snowy conditions?
* Aig. de Trelatete may be a good ski target but offers at least 2 fascinating trips for summer also: 1st using Bonatti couloir up to Petit Montblanc (global warminng permitting); 2nd continuing from A.T. over the horse-shoe to Aig. des Glaciers.
Bonne route!
Reinhard
Nikman - Sep 17, 2007 2:01 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Very niceThanks for reading till the end :-) I didn´t expect it to take as much time to create it also.
To answer your question:
1. There are some small crevasses, but you can not fall inside (20cm wide) and I could see one bigger crevasse, that was very visible. There is a lot of rockfall from Lagginhorn. I would estimate that any bigger crevasse will be filled with rocks before someone can fall inside.
2. Thanks for your tips, I will study all possiblities.
Sebastian Hamm - Sep 26, 2007 3:50 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Very niceOn my list and also very nice: ascending via the Northwest-Face of Aiguille de la Lex Blanche and continuing to Aig. de Tre-la-Tete.
reinhard2 - Sep 26, 2007 4:07 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Very niceThis is part of the horse-shoe, well visible here in the sketch.
Bor - Sep 17, 2007 8:41 am - Voted 10/10
Good one!As I said for the first part, thanks for writting!
Cheers!
Nikman - Sep 17, 2007 12:28 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Good one!Thanks again for your vote and comment.
klettermatze - Sep 27, 2007 6:16 am - Voted 10/10
Great report and picturesKeeps me dreaming, while looking out of the window seeing a totally unstructured grey sky and slowly recognising that it won't stop raining today.
Cheers !
Nikman - Oct 6, 2007 6:39 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Great report and picturesThanks for your comment.
I just returned today from two weeks beach holiday in central America. Looks like I brought back some good weather to Germany :-)
markhallam - Oct 15, 2011 2:43 pm - Voted 10/10
Nice one - thanks!I hope to return to the Alps next year and am thinking of the Lagginhorn - probably like you, climbing solo. 2 years ago I climbed its neighbour, the Weissmies - and it would be nice to do a bit more in the area.
Cheers, Mark
Nikman - Nov 8, 2011 4:38 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Nice one - thanks!Good luck for your plans!