772 m away
North Face of the Aiguille de l’Amône
One of the Alps most elegantly exposed steep lines, yet very skiable.
Extreme Ski Touring
- Distance
- 7.9 km
- Ascent
- 692 m
- Descent
- 2 km
Often overlooked, but a fantasic steep line beneath the Aiguille Chenavier
Ski Touring Extreme
This is steeper than its neighbours, but not as steep as some of the other 5.4s in the range. This descent also benefits from having two options for attacking it; to climb the line itself, or to drop into it on-sight after having climbed the North-east face.
From the top of the Grand Montets cable car, ski down the very start of the Point du Vue piste before quickly ducking the rope and heading skier's right and down the Glacier du Rognons. Take care to watch out for some large crevasses on the upper section. Keep to skier's right of the Rognon itself (a large rock island). This soon brings you down onto the Glacier d'Argentière. Skin up and towards the bottom of Les Courtes North-east face on your right or keep on going further round to the start of the Chenavier. The bergschrund can sometimes be large and therefore tricky to access the Chenavier couloir. At the top of the line, it joins up with the upper slopes of the classic North-east face. This top section of the Chenavier is the steepest and sometimes it is mixed ground.
Extreme
Extreme skiing terrain above 45 degrees. These routes are reserved for experienced experts.
772 m away
One of the Alps most elegantly exposed steep lines, yet very skiable.
Extreme Ski Touring
922 m away
A truly inconic ski face, THE line of the Argentière Basin
Extreme Ski Touring
1.5 km away
Yet another big 5.4 in the Argentiere Basin
Extreme Ski Touring
1.5 km away
A beautiful wide and open steep ski face, one of the most popular of the Argentière Basin's celebrated North Faces. Shorter than the rest but steep and exposed in the upper half.
Extreme Ski Touring
1.6 km away
A great introduction to the steep north faces of the Argentière Basin.
Extreme Ski Touring
1.7 km away
An inspiring couloir past a bulging tongue of ice.
Extreme Ski Touring
1.9 km away
A mythical line down the true north face of Les Courtes, it has still seen hardly more than a handful of descents.
Extreme Ski Touring
2 km away
One of the lowest angle ski tours in the Argentiere basin, to a fabulous viewpoint.
Moderate Ski Touring
2.6 km away
A spectacular hanging couloir, this line is a 1000m TD alpine route that has seen only three known descents
Extreme Ski Touring
2.7 km away
A fantastic route which is surely on every steep skier's tick list
Extreme Ski Touring
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