Legendary Routes in La Grave
Glacier du Tabuchet
Vertical drop: 2 000 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very serious.
Complex route finding.
Crevasses.
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Descente des Enfetchores
Vertical drop: 2 000 – 2 300 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very serious.
Steep slopes and exposedtraverses.
Complex route finding.
Crevasses.
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Glacier de la Meije/Descente des Enfetchores
Vertical drop: 2 000 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Extrémely serious Complex route finding.
Very serious timing is crucial.
Serac falls.
Crevasses.
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Glacier du Rateau
Vertical drop: 1 500 m to P1
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very serious.
Very exposed route.
Crevasses.
Complex route finding.
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Vallon de la Meije
Vertical drop: 1 800 m from P3 3200m to La Grave 1450m
Facing: North-East
Technical difficulty:
Quite difficult Seracs falls are very common.
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Le Pan de Redeau – Les couloir en -Y
Vertical drop: 1 500 m to P1
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very exposed route.
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Couloirs de la Pointe Trifide
Vertical drop: 750 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very serious.
Risk of slippping on hardpacked snow.
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Couloirs des Cote Fine
Vertical drop: 850 m to P1
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very serious.
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Les Couloirs du Lac
Vertical drop: 150 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Fairly serious.
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Patou
Vertical drop: 150 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Fairly serious.
Steep and exposed traverses.
Complex route finding.
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Le Banane-Le Couloir du Lac
Vertical drop: 150 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Fairly serious.
Steep and exposed traverses.
Complex route finding.
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Les Couloirs des Fréaux
Vertical drop: 900 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very Serious.
Risk of slipping on hardpacked snow.
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The Couloir Polichinelle / Ramp des Fréux
Vertical drop: 1000 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very Serious.
Risk of slipping on hardpacked snow.
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The Couloir Polichinelle / XXX des Fréux
Vertical drop: 1000 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very Serious.
Risk of slipping on hardpacked snow.
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LÓrciére de Droites
Vertical drop: 2 400 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very serious.
Crevasses.
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LÓrciére de Gauche “La Vaute”
Vertical drop: 2 400 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very serious.
Risk of seracs falls.
Crevasses.
High risk of slipping on hardpacked snow.
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Glacier de la Girose
Vertical drop: 2 400 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Exposed traverses.
Complex route finding.
Stable snow-pack.
Crevasses.
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Girose de Droite
Vertical drop: 2 400 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very serious Exposed traverses.
Complex route finding.
Stable snow-pack.
Crevasses.
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Girose de Gauche
Vertical drop: 2 400 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very serious.
Exposed traverses.
Complex route finding.
Need to be stable snow-pack.
Crevasses.
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Les Couloir de Maisonneuve
Vertical drop: 2 400 m
Facing: North-east
Technical difficulty:
Very serious Exposed traverses.
Complex route finding.
Need to be stable snow-pack.
Crevasses.
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Muretouse/Mines
Vertical drop: 2 400 m
Facing: North
Technical difficulty:
Very serious.
Exposed traverses.
Complex route finding.
Need to be stable snow-pack.
Crevasses.
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Col de la Lauze
Vertical drop: 2 000 m
Facing: South
Technical difficulty:
Serious.
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Coloir Rama
Vertical drop: 1 400 m
Facing: South
Technical difficulty:
Very serious.
Risk of slippping on hardpacked snow.
Attention for windslabs on the traverse just before the couloir.
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