Les Grandes Jorasses - Face Nord

The mythical North Face of Grandes Jorasses, from Arête des Hirondelles to Cristal Palace. Named features of the Walker spur are also pointed out. You might also want to take a look at the second poster of the face.

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Route List

1: Arête des Hirondelles, D 5c A1, Croux, Owen Jones, Knubel, Yung, 1911

2: Hugues d’en Haut, TD WI4+ X R, Coranotte, Gabarrou, 2008

3: Petite MacIntyre, TD- WI4 M4, MacIntyre, Rhodes, Todd, 1976

4: Le Linceul, TD- WI4 M4, Desmaison, Flematti, 1968

5: Directe à la Pointe Walker, ED- WI5+ M5, Sachetat, Séguier, 1983

6: Monomania, ED WI5+ M7 X R, Désécures, Sourzac, 2010

7: Goussault-Desmaison, ED WI5 6a M7 R, Bertone, Claret, Desmaison, 1973 (Desmaison, Goussault, 1971)

8: Rolling Stones, ED WI5+ 6a M6 A3 R, Kutil, Prochaska, Schlechta, Svejda, 1979

9: Directissime de la Walker, ED++ 7a A2, Bouvard, Gabarrou, 1986

10: Éperon Walker, ED- 6a, Cassin, Esposito, Tizoni, 1938

    A: Dièdre de 75m

    B: Rappel Pendulaire

    C: Tour Grise/Dalles Noires

    D: Dalles Grises

    E: Névé Triangulaire

    F: Cheminée Rouge

    G: Tour Rouge

11: Extreme Dream, ED WI5+ M5 X R, Boivin, Vionnet-Fuasset, 1987

12: Colton-MacIntyre, ED WI5+ M4+ X R, Colton, MacIntyre, 1976

13: Alexis, ED+ WI5+ 6b A2 X R, Gabarrou, Robert, 1993

14: Couloir des Japonais, ED WI6 M6+ X R, Kanda, Kato, Miyazaki, Nakano, Saito, 1972

15: Eldorado, ED+ WI5 6b A3+, Babanov, 1999

16: Directe de l’Amitié, ED+ WI5 6b M5 A3 R, Audoubert, Feuillarade, Galy, Seigneur, 1974

17: Bonatti-Vaucher, ED WI5+ M6+ R, Bonatti, Vaucher, 1964

18: No Siesta, ED+ WI6 M8 X R, Glejdura, Porvaznik, 1986

19: Manitua, ED+ 7a A3, Sveticic, 1991

20: Éperon Croz, ED- WI3+ 5c R, Meiers, Peters, 1935

21: Voie des Slovènes (sortie Croz), ED- WI5 M5 R, Knez, Matijevec, Vidmar, Zupan, 1977

22: A Leï, ED- WI5+ 6b M5 A3, Batoux, Gabarrou, Robert, 2003

23: Combinaison Polonaise, ED- WI5 M5+ X, Benoist, Glairon-Rappaz, 2007

24: Voie des Yougoslaves, TD+ WI4 6a A2, Gradisar, Herzog, 1976

25: La Belle Hélène, TD- WI5 M5 X, Parkin, 1976

26: Heidi, ED++ WI4 5b M5+ A3, Batoux, Dumarest, Gabarrou, 2005

27: Directe à la Pte Marguerite, ED WI4 6b A2, Appertet, Gabarrou, 1992

28: Éperon Marguerite, TD WI4+ 5c M5+ X, Couzy, Desmaison, 1958

29: Rêve Éphémère d’Alpiniste, TD+ WI4+ M5+ X, Knez, Skok, 1980

30: Éperon NNW de la Pte Young, TD 5c, Cavalleri, Mallano, 1958

31: Cristal Palace, TD- WI3+ M3 X, Ghirardini, 1991

Updates

April 25, 2021: Updated version with lots of redrawn lines and graphical update (colors and line thickness).

June 21, 2022: Graphic design update

March 7, 2024: Graphic design update