Arête NE intégrale (La Biscante) - Aiguillette d'Argentière - Haut Giffre - Aiguilles Rouges - Fiz - France

Arête NE intégrale (La Biscante)

Min / max altitude1893m
Duration3 hours 29 minutes
Main facingNE
Route typeLoop
Source

Details

Approach

From the roadside parking at Tré les Champs, follow the path leading under the Chéserys slabs and in the direction of Lac Blanc. Before the ladders you arrive at the two Aiguillettes d’Argentière. The two routes climb the taller, (Grand), pinnacle.

Route 1

The normal route goes up the SW ridge of the taller pinnacle, 25m 4c

Route 2

The « Biscante » goes up the NE ridge of the taller pinnacle, starting at the foot of a slab.

L# | 4b | 6 bolts | Start up the slab to a « table »boulder. L# | 5a | | A rock fault to step over, (easy), then a 10m abseil. L# | 4c | | Up the slab slightly to the right of the crest, then up to a belay ledge on the crest of the ridge. L# | 5b | Many bolts | Exposed pitch. Continue up the crest of the ridge until it becomes almost vertical. Traverse across the face to the right , around a rib, to reach the SW face and so to the top.

Descent

25m abseil from the big ring on the top.

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