Cascade de l'Essert - Cascade de l'Essert - Chablais - France
Min / max altitude1200m / 1450m
Duration2 hours 55 minutes
Main facingE
Route typeReturn the same way
Source

Details

Approach

From Chatel drive along the D220 past Villapeyron and the Linga telecabin to a parking at the foot of the Essert Cascade. Go up through the woods following the torrent to the foot of the icefall.

Route

P1 Not very steep, 3 Aboput 50m P2 Crux pitch, steep, 4/4+ on the left, (loking up,) 5+ to the right. P3 Less steep but still sustained. Belay at a broad, level area. P4 The last pitch remains long and sustained.

Descent

Abseil, using the chain belays on the true left bank.

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