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- Min / max altitude:2770m / 3901m
- Elevation gain / loss:+1130m
- Difficulties lenght:450m
- Configuration:couloir
- Main facing:SE
- Route type:return trip / abseil down
- Duration:1 day
- Slope:50°
- Global rating:AD
- Commitment grade:III
- Quality of in-place protection:not filled in
- Toponeige technical grade:5.2
- Toponeige exposure grade:E3
- Labande descent grade:S5
- Labande global grade:TD
- Suitable to snowboarding:yes
Approach
From the Argentière hut, climb toward the ‘col du Tour Noir’ and locate the start of the ‘Y’ gully.
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Climb towards the base of the gully and over the bergschrund, section at 55° if the snow conditions are right, if not climb in two mixed pitches (belays avaliable). Allow 2h from the hut.
Climb the gully, exiting either by the right-hand branch (often snow) or the left-hand branch (often ice).
Descent
Mountaineering : By the normal route of the ‘glacier du Milieu’. Slope between 40 and 45° for 300 m.
Skis : by the route up.
- Right-hand branch: 450m at 45°, the first part is pretty tight.
- The sun reaches the right-hand branch later than the left-hand branch.
- Some ice-screws depending on the prevailing conditions.
- Abseiling is sometimes necessary to cross the bergschrund.
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