Les Droites
| Les Droites | ||
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 Les Droites (far right), Aiguille du Dru (far left) and Aiguille Verte (center) |
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| height | 4000 m | |
| location | France | |
| Mountains | Montblanc massif , Alps | |
| Dominance | 1.04 km → Aiguille du Jardin | |
| Notch height | 204 m ↓ Col de l'Aiguille Verte | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 56 '20 " N , 6 ° 59' 28" E | |
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| First ascent | August 7, 1876 by Thomas Middlemore, John Oakley Maund and Henri Cordier with guides Johann Jaun and Andreas Maurer | |
| Normal way | East ridge (glacier tour and rock climbing, AD) | |
| particularities | Most difficult (north) face in the Alps | |
Les Droites ( French for "Die Rechten") is a 4000 m high mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps . It is the lowest four-thousand-meter peak in the Alps.
The mountain has two peaks:
- West summit (3984 m), first climbed by WAB Coolidge , Christian and son Ulrich Almer on July 6, 1876.
- East summit (4000 m), first climbed by Thomas Middlemore, John Oakley Maund and Henri Cordier with guides Johann Jaun and Andreas Maurer on August 7, 1876.
The north face of the mountain rises from about 2800 m from the Argentière Basin with an average steepness of 60 degrees and is the steepest face on the ten kilometer long ridge between Aiguille Verte and Mont Dolent . The wall was first climbed on July 31, 1930 via the central couloir on the northeast flank by Bobi Arsandaux and Jacques Lagarde. According to Reinhold Messner , it is “the wildest among the Alpine walls”. If one wanted to expand the circle of the “ Great North Walls of the Alps ” from six to seven, one would first have to consider the Droites North Face.
Huts
- Refuge d'Argentière (2771 m)
- Refuge du Couvercle (2687 m)
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
- Les Droites at 4000m - The four-thousanders of the Alps
- Les Droites at SummitPost (English)
swell
- ↑ quoted from Messner, Reinhold: Nanga Parbat alone. BLV-Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-405-12090-X , p. 21 f.