900m, 20 pitches. The route climbs the central bastion (butress). 20 pitches to the snowledge (Bande de Neige). Above the route from Mayer-Dibona from 1912! is followed to the 3th Dent. Another 8 pitches.
P. Chapoutot, B. Wyns, 05/Jul/1969
Had a nasty bout of man flu all weekend so my experience of this route was a bit tainted. However, it's a big alpine route on a great mountain. Rock is a bit loose for the first half but the second half is nice and solid! HamishD - AltLd O/S - 06/Sep/09 with Claude Helmstetter