Aiguille de Rochefort
| Aiguille de Rochefort | ||
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 The Aiguille de Rochefort from the saddle below the Dent du Géant , in the background the Grandes Jorasses . |
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| height | 4001 m | |
| location | France / Italy border | |
| Mountains | Mont Blanc group | |
| Dominance | 0.6 km → Dent du Géant | |
| Notch height | 106 m | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 51 '43 " N , 6 ° 57' 34" E | |
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| First ascent | August 14, 1873 by Alphonse Payot , Michel-Clément Payot and J. Eccles. | |
| Normal way | West ridge (part of the Rochefort ridge) | |
The Aiguille de Rochefort is a 4001 m high mountain between Dent du Géant and Dôme de Rochefort in the massif of the Grandes Jorasses . It is located on the border between France and Italy in the Mont Blanc group . The notch height is 106 meters to the Dôme de Rochefort and the dominance is 0.6 kilometers to the Dent du Géant. The first ascent took place on August 14, 1873 by Alphonse Payot , Michel-Clément Payot and J. Eccles.
The overall difficulty is rated as fairly difficult (ZS) today and II for climbing .
literature
- Helmut Dumler, Willi P. Burkhardt: Four-thousanders in the Alps. 12th, updated edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7633-7427-2 .
Web links
Commons : Aiguille de Rochefort - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Aiguille de Rochefort at 4000m - The four-thousanders of the Alps
- Aiguille de Rochefort on summitpost.org (English)
- Panoramic view from the Aiguille de Rochefort on alpen-panoramen.de