Les Grandes Jorasses - Face Nord II

Probably the most iconic, certainly the most difficult north face in the whole Mont-Blanc range, les Grandes Jorasses certainly deserved a second poster at Mont Blanc Lines! Compared to the other view (the very first poster I ever made!), this one shows the bottom of the routes and has a slightly different angle, showing the NE faces better (Hirondelles ridge, Desmaison and Manitua headwalls in particular) and hiding the NW ones (most notably losing the Colton-MacIntyre entirely). As a bonus, the E face is mostly visible, which allowed me to add the legendary Gervasutti and modern testpieces such as Little Big Men, Groucho Marx and the Grand Dièdre.

 

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Route List

1: Arête de Tronchey, TD- 5c, Croux, Gilberti, 1936

2: Grand Dièdre, ED 6c A2, Dumarest, Gabarrou, 2006

3: Voie Gervasutti, ED- 6a A2, Gaggliardone, Gervasutti, 1942

4: Little Big Men, ED+ 6a M6 A3, Batoux, Daudet, 2006

5: Groucho Marx, ED 6b A3, Delisi, Delisi, 1981

6: BoRat, ED 7b, Bonniot, Ratel, 2013

7: Marine Marchande, TD+ WI5+ M4, Désécures, Robach, 2007

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

9: Coulée Douce, D+ WI3 M4, Delmas, Perroux, 1985

10: Ma Ika, D+ 5c, Sokolowski, Wlodarczak, 2004

11: Hugues d’En Haut, TD- WI4+ X R, Coranotte, Gabarrou, 2008

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

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

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

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

16: Goussault-Desmaison, ED WI5 6a M7 R, Bertone, Claret, Desmaison, 1973 

17: Scala di Seta, ED WI5 6a A2 X R, Gordon Smith, Sorenson, 1977

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

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

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

    A: Dièdres Allain-Rébuffat

    B: Dièdre de 75m

    C: Rappel Pendulaire

    D: Tour Grise/Dalles Noires

    E: Dalles Grises

    F: Névé Triangulaire

    G: Cheminée Rouge

    H: Tour Rouge

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

22: Goulotte Alexis (sortie), ED+ WI5+ 6b A2 X R, Gabarrou, Robert, 1993

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

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

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

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

27: No Bonatt, ED WI5+ M6+ X R, Désécures, Sourzac, 2011

28: Variante Krasnojarski, ED+ WI5+ A4 R, Khvostenko, Litvinov, Pugovkin, Tsygankov, 2006

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

30: Le Nez, ED+ 7c, Bole, 2005

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

32: Voie des Slovènes, ED- WI5 M5 R, Knez, Matijevec, Vidmar, Zupan, 1977

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

34: La Belle Hélène, ED- WI5 M5 X, Parkin, 1976

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

36: Michto, ED- WI5+ M5 A2, Aubert, Lafaille, 1997

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

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

39: Directe à la Pointe Marguerite, ED- WI4 6b A2, Appertet, Gabarrou, 1992

40: Éperon Marguerite, ED- WI4+ 5c M5+ X, Couzy, Desmaison, 1958

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

42: Éperon NNW de la Pointe Young, TD 5c, Cavalleri, Mallano, 1958

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

44: Face NE de la Calotte de Rochefort, D 5c

45: Les Révoltés des Périades, D+ WI4, Damilano, Goupil, 1995

46: Canicule ?, D+ WI4, Guérin, Lavalade, Inial, Perroux, 1995

47: Voie Heckmair-Kröner, D, Heckmair, Kröner, 1931

48: Traces de Zouzou, D+ WI2, Asselin, Gabarrou, Long, Silvy, 1984

49: Face N Directe, D- WI3 4c, Gabarrou, Girault, 1992

50: Voie Normale de l’Aiguille de Rochefort, AD

51: Couloir Eccles, AD, Eccles, Payot, Payot, 1873

52: Voie Deudon-Ichac, AD+, Deudon, Ichac, 1931

53: Les Malheurs d’Alfred, D- WI3, Damilano, Greffier, Perroux, 1995

Updates

Oct 11, 2022: Graphic design update

Mar 10, 2024: Graphic design update

Feb 13, 2025: Corrected line of Scala di Seta (line 17), massive thanks to FA Gordon Smith for all his beta (second ascent still up for grabs!). Also redrew other lines and updated overall color scheme.

Feb 25, 2025: Minor update to the line of Scala di Seta.