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TR North Face Mont Blanc
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Having had 2 weeks in the UK (bad timing!) while the Alps were 'going off' (North Faces of Tour Ronde, Aiguille du Plan, Pain de Sucre etc etc etc) I was fired up for at least one last adventure for the winter, and with good first-hand reports from the de Benedetti route on the West Face of Mt Blanc an early rendezvous was arranged and Will, Ross and myself headed up to the Midi ready for some suffering...

Despite a 100% sun forecast the Italian side was cloudy, and with a cold wind blowing plans were adjusted and we dropped down the North Face instead...

Skinning up Mt Blanc du Tacul:



Ross scampers under the somewhat threatening seracs on the north face of Mt Maudit:



Will & Ross at the Col de la Brenva (4350m approx)



Ross at 4500m on the North Face:



Looking back up at the North Face from 4000m - the route passes between the big serac bands:



A short rappel is currently needed at about 3900m to pass a serac/crevasse:



Looking down at the 'Jonction' amazingly we only took skis off once going through this:



Sahara-coloured seracs/penitents at the Jonction:



Sadly with very warm temperatures now i fear this may be the last outing for the 'winter'... oh well, time to get rock-climbing again...
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were you planning to have a go at the Benedetti route if conditions had permitted.
seen a TR of that and it looked pretty interesting!
nice way to end the season nonetheless Cool
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Hi Arno, yes that was the original plan - we even had a lift back from Italy lined up... oh well, next time... pretty full-on expedition though, with plenty of 'interest' still to come once you get to the bottom of the main face. Narrow snow bridges over big holes on the Dome Glacier between Q.Sella and Gonella huts by all accounts.

By the way, currently lining up next winters dates, so will keep you posted with Steep Vanoise II plans.
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offpisteskiing wrote:
so will keep you posted with Steep Vanoise II plans.


that will be very tempting!
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that will be very tempting!


hmmmmm Madeye-Smiley
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Great stuff as usual.
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Nice TR..... Finish season with a visit to the big one is always amazing. Here in the Pyrenees is also common to close the season with the same way.

Past weekend some friends also can ski nice vertical in Neouvielle area with 10cm of new snow, but also the high may temperatures break the epic season (But, about 8 months of ski is not bad at all...)


Also tempted with Vanoise wink
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