Bettembourg Right Hand - Aiguille du Refuge - Mont-Blanc - France

Bettembourg Right Hand

Min / max altitude2760m / 3057m
Duration4 hours 16 minutes
Main facingS
Route typeReturn the same way
Glacier gear required
Lift approach
GearFriends (C4) 0.3 to 3, doubled up for the smaller sizes
Source

Details

Approach # 10-15 mins from the hut

Route

Starts in the centre of the S face, at the right side of a light coloured slab, (see photo above)

L# | 5c | A thin steep crack to the left of a corner, then slabs, (bolt) L# | 4a | A ledge system to the right to its end then curve back to the left to a terrace. L# | 5c | Right hand crack then the chimney above. (1 bolt) L# | 5c | Go up to the left then up the off-width crack. L# | 5a | Runnels trending leftwards, then along the ridge, (2 bolts in the ridge). Belay on a broad ledge at the foot of a corner. L# | 4b | A short passage then the summit.

Descent

Abseil back down the face.

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