A beautiful summit day on tthe 'Aiguille du Plan'!
Midi-Plan traverse. The Midi-Plan Traverse is a fairly long and involved route, with much belayed climbing, both on rock, snow and ice and with a lot of exposure. The crest of the ridge between the Aiguille du Midi and the Aiguille du Plan is challenging and complex, but beautiful mixed climbing with some of the best views in the Mont Blanc massif! After the route began at the Aiguille du Midi, it initially followed a scenic snow ice ridge. There was a fair bit of snow on the
Aiguille de Chardonnet-Arete Forbes route.
The Aiguille du Chardonnet, 3824m/12,545ft, is a classically beautiful mountain and we made the traverse, from East to West along the 'Arete Forbes' route. We began very early in the morning with a long glacier approach, from the Albert Premier refuge. We then started the steep snow and ice ascent, navigating large crevasses and leading to the ridge proper, with many rock towers and icy sections to follow. As the sun started to rise, the ridge snaked and wound over and aroun
Aiguille de Bionnassay
The Auiguille de Bionnassay is a great ice and snow route, involving a mix of both rock and ice climbing. The approach was via the Conscrit hut where we spent a night. Then we continued on by climbing just below the Domes de Miage, to access the remote Durier hut @3400m. From here we began early the next day, climbing up the steep rock and ice face, to reach the summit of Bionnassay @4052m. The crest of Bionnassay is a wild, classic snow arete which is very narrow and super
