The Grandes Jorasses (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d ʒɔʁas]; 4,208 m; 13,806 ft) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie...

and the fourth ascent of the Walker Spur on the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses in only two days and with limited equipment. This last route had been...

priority card on public transport, Devouassoux nevertheless returned to Grandes Jorasses in 1962 and made it in thirteen hours, with Yvon Masino (1940–1982)...

"Trilogy" is the three hardest of these north faces, being the Eiger, the Grandes Jorasses, and the Matterhorn. The six great north faces are (sorted by the date...

winter alpine free solo of the "north face trilogy" of the Eiger, the Grandes Jorasses, and the Matterhorn. She made Himalayan and high-altitude ascents such...

of which are over 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) in height, including the Grandes Jorasses, Rochefort Ridge, Dent du Géant, Mont Maudit, Mont Blanc and its western...

end of July 2018, he set a new record time on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses(4208). He climbed the Walkerpfeiler (1200 metres) in the Mont Blanc...

bad that year, and she was forced to use alternative routes for the Grandes Jorasses and the Eiger. Without pictures to prove her success and with the use...

Yosemite National Park, US North face (Grand Teton), a climbing route in Wyoming, US North face (Grandes Jorasses), in the Mont Blanc massif North Face...

1975, he made his first solo winter ascent of the north face of the Grandes Jorasses via the Shroud (Le Linceul). In January 1977, he attempted a winter...

Grandes Jorasses, and Other Adventures, The Mountaineers Books, Seattle, WA, English Translation by Tim Carruthers, 2002, from Eigernordwand, Grandes...

who made many notable first ascents, including Mount Elbrus and the Grandes Jorasses. Born in 1838, Walker was the son of Liverpool lead merchant and mountaineer...

15 July 1864 Grand Cornier with Edward Whymper, Christian Almer and Franz Biner on 16 June 1865 Pointe Whymper on the Grandes Jorasses with Edward Whymper...

Mont Dolent in 1864, and the Aiguille Verte, the Grand Cornier and Pointe Whymper on the Grandes Jorasses in 1865. That same year he also made the first...

Aiguille Verte (4,122 m) Mer de Glace, Dent du Géant (4,013 m) and Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m) in Chamonix (c. 1890) Tramway du Mont-Blanc, at Bellevue...

Planpincieux) is a hanging glacier, located on the southern slopes of the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps. It is located above the hamlet...

(the Cima Grande di Lavaredo, the Piz Badile, the Matterhorn, the Grandes Jorasses, the Petit Dru and the Eiger) solo, being the first person to complete...

route Cassin, first winter ascent 1968: Grandes Jorasses, N wall, route Cassin, first solo ascent 1969: Grand Capucin, SE wall, Diretta dei Ragni, first...

north faces of the Alps. He began planning for his first ascent, the Grandes Jorasses, in the summer of 1938 at the age of 17, shortly after the first ascent...

north faces of the Aiguille Verte, Les Droites, Les Courtes, and the Grandes Jorasses, flying 15 km (9.3 mi) back to the Chamonix valley after his final...

Retrieved 25 May 2024. "Jacek Czech i Adam Bielecki północną ścianą Grandes Jorasses". 2019-02-26. "Bielecki, Czech i Tekieli drogą Schmidów na Matterhorn"...

Droites Le Génépi Grand Capucin Grand Darray Grand Pilier d'Angle Grande Lui Grande Pointe des Planereuses Grande Rocheuse Grandes Jorasses Mont Blanc Mont...

mountain's overall morphology and mountaineering significance. (For example, the Grand Gendarme on the Weisshorn was excluded, despite meeting the prominence criterion...

hardest of the six, along with the north faces of the Eiger and the Grandes Jorasses (TD+ Difficulty rating). Overcrowding on the several routes have become...

partners: Tomáš Rinn and Tomáš Sobotka February 1998 – France, Alps, Grandes Jorasses, name of the route: MacIntyre – Colton, 1976 from Colton/MacIntyre...

ending via the Boivin-Gabarrou), Les Courtes (Swiss route) and the Grandes Jorasses (The Shroud), flying 15 km (9.3 mi) back to the Chamonix valley after...

Patagonia also in 1974. He made the first British ascent of Croz Spur on Grandes Jorasses. On the 1975 ascent of Mount Everest by its Southwest Face, he and...

climbs in the French, Italian, and Swiss Alps: the Walker Spur of the Grandes Jorasses, the south face of the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey, the north-east face...

some cases, groundbreaking, solo ascents, including: No Siesta on the Grandes Jorasses, Pilier Rouge du Brouillard Direttissima on Mont Blanc, Modern Times...

Droites Le Génépi Grand Capucin Grand Darray Grand Pilier d'Angle Grande Lui Grande Pointe des Planereuses Grande Rocheuse Grandes Jorasses Mont Blanc Mont...