The routesClassic mountaineering, ice climbing, mixed climbing
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An... Ice Surprise - Combe Maudite ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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M7, WI5, A1+, III
A very demanding route which requires a good level of familiarity with drytooling and placing gear. It has the potential of becoming a classic route in its genre.
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Cascata del Monzino - Mont Blanc ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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3+
Pleasant ice climb to the right of the via ferrata that leads to the Monzino hut in Val Veny on the Italian side of Mont Blanc. Repeats will require a period of intense cold and no snow above the drip...
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II, AD, 4a.
The Cosmiques Arête is one of the most famous and popular climbs in the Mont Blanc massif, and quite rightly so. Excellent granite, exposure, incredible scenery and mid-grade mixed climbing (with some challenging sections thrown in) are the ingredients of...
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Couloir Noire - Mont Noir de Peutérey ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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AI4, M5
Interesting mixed climbing on the NE Face of Mont Noir de Peuterey. Pitches of ice and compact snow lead to into the steep snow couloir, while the upper section provides pleasant mixed climbing through the gully to reach the ridge...
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Cuori di ghiaccio - Grand Flambeau ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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TD+, M6/6+
Great climb up Gran Flambeau, past thin ice and lots of mixed terrain.
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El Chico - Pyramide Du Tacul ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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M6+ 4°
El Chico" ascends the NNE Face of Pyramide Du Tacul and combines the routes "Pinelli-Sabbadini" and "Lenoir" to finish up the last pitch of the classic "Ottoz" route.
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Fancy of Peckers - Col du Peigne ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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M5+ R
After some fun initial pitches, the route connects the snowy gully of Full Love... for dry and ice with the exit of the 1942 Livacic - Martinetti route, of which there is little news about "winter garb" repeats, apart from...
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Full Love... for dry and ice - Aiguille du Peigne ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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V, 5+,M6 R
This winter outing, described by Griffith as "simply awesome" follows the upper half of a very rarely – if ever - repeated British route established in summer 1967 by James Fullalove and Brian Robertson with the use of difficult aid...
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Goulotte Bournier Vogler - Aiguille du Midi ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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III/4 M
Easy ascent at altitude. The fast approach and easy return render this an ideal climb to get to know the area.
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Goulotte Laratoun - Grand Capucin ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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III/4+ M5
Fun climb in a great alpine setting close to the Grand Capucin.
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Goulotte Perroux Profit - Aiguille du Midi ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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III/4 M5
Nice climb at altitude. The fast approach and easy return render this a classic outing in the Mont Blanc range.
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Happy Birthday - Aiguille de l'Évêque ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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AI4, M6, ED
Happy Birthday winds its way up a long couloir, past ice runnels and compact snow up the righthand side of the south face of Aiguille de l'Évêque in the Grandes Jorasses group of the Mont Blanc massif. 1000m high, it...
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Jottnar - Mont Blanc ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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VIII, 8
Jottnar is a tricky, not obvious line. A blank canvas of corners and grooves leading back up towards the top of the Cosmiques Arete": four pitches with difficulties up to Scottish grade VIII,8. The 60m fourth pitch leads right onto...
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Koala Pirla - Grand Flambeau ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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TD+, M6
Beatuiful, logical climb up Gran Flambeau; modern style with some delicate moves.
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Kuffner Ridge - Frontier Ridge - Mont Maudit ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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IV / D / 55°
One of the most beautiful and classic ridge traverses in the Mont Blanc massif, set in the magnificent high altitude ambient. Varied, up mixed terrain and with snowy sections that are deciedly knife-edge and airy (Gino Buscaini).Were we to define...
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La Vie in Rosa - Grand Flambeau ![](/res/img/star.svg)
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TD+, M6
Logical climb up Gran Flambeau, established while the Giro d'Italia visited Mont Blanc. Pitch 3 climbs a magnificent corner; 4 bolts improve safety while breaching the overhang.
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