Mont Blanc 2018 — night at Rifugio Torino and the Aiguille d'Entrèves ridge
2018 · 10 Giugno 2018
Location
The story
Two days in the heart of the Mont Blanc massif, based at Rifugio Torino (3,375 m), reached with the Skyway cable car from Courmayeur up to Punta Helbronner: in a few minutes you rise from the valley floor to the glaciers of the Italian side — in itself a spectacular entrance to high altitude.
We spent the first day acclimatising and running a glacier safety session near the Aiguille de la Marbrée: rope work, moving together and self-rescue drills, with the Dent du Géant as a backdrop. The night at the hut, its windows overlooking the Géant glacier, is worth the trip on its own.
On the second day, up before dawn for the real objective: the traverse of the Aiguille d'Entrèves ridge (3,600 m), a sharp, exposed blade of rock above the Brenva glacier, with grade III passages and the thinnest sections crossed astride. Ahead, the whole time, the amphitheatre of the Grandes Jorasses and Mont Blanc du Tacul.
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