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viktor vaughn - Jun 1, 2018 6:08 am Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2017
Normal route from refuge du Glacier BlancOur warm up climb before the Barre des Ecrins next day. Not too difficult but very enjoyable!
[X] Bird - Jan 13, 2011 9:58 am Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2010
Route from Glacier Blanc hutFirst peak I climbed last summer. Has some nice climbing just after you gained the ridge.
pablo - Jul 17, 2007 3:24 am Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007
Route Climbed: Calotte (from L'Alpe Du Villar d'Arene Hut) - Agneau BlancJean Philippe, Philippe and I got up at 2am for early breakfast (dinner?), leaving the Hut (2080m) at 2.45am. Weather conditions good. After quite a long climb (1600m of cumulated ascent) we reached summit of Agneau Blanc (3630m) at 9.15am. We celebrated with a fabulous and sweet melon admiring the beautiful views. The final ridges and corridors (calotte) quite amazing and alpine !. In one of the corridors we needed to avoid a big rock directly coming to us... ufff !. After some photos we descent to Glacier Blanc Hut (2542m) with one delicate abseil and some bottom sky ... All in all a great alpine route.
Mblue01 - Jul 29, 2005 9:09 am
Route Climbed: Normal route: Refuge Glacier Blanc - Jean Gauthier Glacier - Col du Monetier - col Tuckett Date Climbed: 25th of July 2005up to Tuckett col (3529m), went down again because it was very busy on the mountain (big group climbing), there was a lot of rockfall and forecast of bad weather
Claude Mauguier - May 17, 2005 8:25 am
Route Climbed: west cwm, then normal S ridge Date Climbed: aug 1980Along Jean Gautier glacier to col du MonĂȘtier, starting from a bivouac nearby refuge du Glacier Blanc, in a bright sunny day. Third summit during a four days round trip, after Neige Cordier and Roche Faurio.
Probemeister - Oct 30, 2003 9:35 am
Route Climbed: Voie normal Date Climbed: August 1996My second proper Alpine peak, nice route with a short pitch of 2+/3 on the summit buttress