Selected Climbs: Mont Blanc & the Aiguilles Rouges presents the best rock climbs in the Mont Blanc range and on the Aiguilles Rouges, from F4 to F6a+. The selection is based on purely hedonistic criteria, including the beauty of the cliff, the variety of the climbing and the quality of the rock.
The emphasis is on enjoyable climbs with easy access and descents. The routes cover a variety of rock types, climbing styles and protection (natural and fixed). All the routes are of moderate difficulty and can be done comfortably in a day without the need to carry heavy or bulky gear.
Written by local climbers Jean-Louis Laroche and Florence Lelong, this selection of sixty climbs on forty summits in seventeen areas around the Chamonix valley features established classics and recent additions. Included are Marchand de Sable on the Tour Rouge, the Rebuffat Route on the Aiguille du Midi, and the Frison-Roche route of the south-east face of the Brevent, plus many more. Each route features technical notes, a detailed topo and route description, and photos illustrating the climb's unique character.
Selected Climbs: Mont Blanc & the Aiguilles Rouges : 60 rock routes from F4 to F6a+
Description
Table of Contents
Introduction & practical information
Aiguille d'Orny: South-West Face
Aiguille de la Cabane: Bon Accueil
Aiguille Purtscheller: South Ridge
Plateau du Jardin: Central Corner
Aiguille du Refuge: Le Gateau de Riz
Aiguille du Genepi: Genepi Ridge, Mort de Rire
Pointe de Bayere: Ravanel Route
Lower slabs of the Envers: 20,000 Lieues Sous la Neige, Georges, Pilier des Rhododindons
Tours de Blaitiere: Magie d'Orient, L'Opium du Peuple
Pointe des Nantillons: Amazonia, Bienvenue au Georges V
Tour Rouge: Le Marchand de Sable
Red Pillar of the Blaitiere: Nabot Leon
Aiguille du Peigne: Les Lepidopteres & the Normal Route, Papillons Ridge
Aiguille du Midi: Rebuffat Route
Pyramide du Tacul: East Ridge
Pointe Adolphe Rey: Salluard Route
Le Roi de Siam: Le Lifting du Roi
Tour Ronde: Bernezat Spur
Aiguille d'Entreves: Traverse, Salluard Route, Reves d'Entreves
Dent du Geant: Normal Route
Parete dei Titani: Genepi - Monts Rouges du Triolet: Cris-tal
Monts Rouges du Triolet (Central Summit): La Beresina
Monts Rouges du Triolet (Second Central Summit): Profumo Proibito
Brevent: Poeme a Lou, Frison-Roche Route
Lower Buttress of the Brevent: La Somone, Crakoukass
Clocher de Planpraz: Cocher-Cochon
Aiguille de l'Index: L'An d'Emile, Perroux Route, South-East Ridge
Lower Buttress of the Gliere: Mani Puliti, Nez Rouge
Aiguille du Pouce: Voie des Dalles
Petite Floria: (Manhattan) Kaboul
Aiguille de la Floria: Manhattan (Kaboul), Asia, Fraises des Boatchs
Pointe Gaspard: Lady in Black, Gaspard 1er
Aiguilles Crochues: Ravanel Route (South Ridge)
Tour des Crochues: Les Violons Tziganes, De Galbert Route
Aiguille de Praz Torrent: Parat-Seigneur Route
Tete des Mesures: L'Ile aux Razmokets
Mont Oreb: L'Ete Indien
Grand Perron: La Ballade des Gens Heureux
Barberine: Sylvie Phobie
Huts, lifts and information
Author Description
Jean-Louis Laroche is a mountain guide, freelance photographer, journalist and guidebook writer. He has spent more than thirty years exploring the Mont Blanc Massif and during this time he has climbed all the area's classic routes, made first ascents of numerous ice climbs and trodden many of the world's most beautiful mountains.
Florence Lelong shares her love of the natural environment through her work as a freelance photographer, illustrator, hiking guide and mountaineer. She has co-written numerous books and guidebooks and regularly contributes work to the press, news agencies and publishers.
Laroche and Lelong are also authors of Mountaineering in the Mont Blanc Range, and run the Alpinisme-Escalades climbing school.