Aiguille Noire de Peuterey

Mountain of the Mont Blanc massif in Italy
45°48′54″N 6°53′37″E / 45.81500°N 6.89361°E / 45.81500; 6.89361GeographyLocationAosta Valley, ItalyParent rangeMont Blanc massif, Graian AlpsGeologyMountain typeGraniteClimbingFirst ascent5 August 1877 by Lord Wentworth with J.B. Bich and Emile ReyEasiest routeEast ridge (AD-) from the refuge Borelli

The Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (3,773 m) is a mountain of the Mont Blanc massif in Italy, forming part of the Peuterey ridge to the summit of Mont Blanc with its higher neighbour, the Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey.

The best-known route on the mountain is the south ridge (TD), first climbed by Karl Brendel and Hermann Schaller, on 26 and 27 August 1930; it remains one of the great classic rock routes in the massif.

The first ascent of the complete Peuterey ridge including the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (the Intégrale) was on 28–31 July 1934 by Adolf Göttner, Ludwig Schmaderer and Ferdinand Krobath. On 21 August 2010 23-year-old Chloé Graftiaux, a leading Belgian sport climber, fell to her death on the mountain.[1]

Photo gallery

  • The Aiguilles de Peuterey seen from Val Veny. Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey (extreme left, top), Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (right)
    The Aiguilles de Peuterey seen from Val Veny. Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey (extreme left, top), Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (right)

References

  1. ^ "Goodbye Chloé Graftiaux". PlanetMountain.com. 2010-08-23. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-23.

External links

  • The Aiguille Noire de Peuterey on SummitPost
  • The Aiguille Noire de Peuterey on camptocamp.org
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