I climbed it in mid-July 2022, via the apparent "standard" route: from the Monzino hut, climb to the Eccles Bivouac via the Brouillard Glacier, then over Pic Eccles to Col Eccles, across to the Col de Peuterey and up the rock from there (5.6-ish?). In addition to crevasses on the Brouillard Glacier, there was significant rockfall getting down from Col Eccles on mix of snow, rotten rock, and bare ice. 2022 was an exceptionally dry year, but this side of Mont Blanc is changing quickly and becoming more dangerous; the Aiguille Blanche is probably best done early in the season.
seano - Dec 5, 2022 1:56 pm - Hasn't voted
New "standard" route?I climbed it in mid-July 2022, via the apparent "standard" route: from the Monzino hut, climb to the Eccles Bivouac via the Brouillard Glacier, then over Pic Eccles to Col Eccles, across to the Col de Peuterey and up the rock from there (5.6-ish?). In addition to crevasses on the Brouillard Glacier, there was significant rockfall getting down from Col Eccles on mix of snow, rotten rock, and bare ice. 2022 was an exceptionally dry year, but this side of Mont Blanc is changing quickly and becoming more dangerous; the Aiguille Blanche is probably best done early in the season.