Gibbo - 27/Jul/12 with Rich Abell
Hidden - Jul/12
Katie Marshall - 2nd - 24/Jun/12 with Vanessa, Dominique, Jérémy, Yohann
Steve Woollard - AltLd - 25/Aug/11 with Kevin Colclough
Left Ailefroide quite late on the 11th, and walked into the Pelvoux Hut. Soloed the Couloir Coolidge, which was quite straight forwards. The descent via the Violettes Glacier was far more technical, and not obvious in places. Be prepared for a long descent!
Ken Applegate - Solo - 12/Aug/11 with Scott Kirkhope
will6459 - AltLd O/S - Jul/11 with Jon Vardy
Superb, up the couloir, which was in good condition, but didn't prevent some randoms from taking a loose rock exit and giving us all a barrage. Take care on the final exit from the vire d'Ailefroide which has steep snow on it, tackling this is preferable to avoiding it on the side, one member of our party was injured by a big rock moving here.
Sankey - 31/Jul/10 with Ed, Andy E
Did with MT and newfound French friend Laurent. Not easy to find the quickest way down - according to the hut warden there are five abseils to get off, we ended up doing seven. A classic - the route of the trip.
JGW - Jul/10 with Matt Tilley
Descent via the Violettes Glacier after doing the Mettrier Couloir, Complicated - 8 abseils in total, including one over a shrund off an in situ rock buried in the snow. 5 hours up (bit slow, had to wait for Dave and Mike) and 10 down (slow as there were three of us and lost at least an hour waiting for a party of four ahead of us on the abseils - however guidebook time for the descent of 3 - 5 hours still looks very optimistic!).
Misha - AltLd O/S - 20/Jul/09
Calder - 11/Jul/09 with Mark
Diggler - AltLd O/S - 11/Jul/09 with Calder
a classic expodition. taking in every aspect of mountaineering.
mulletcocktail2000 - AltLd O/S - 03/Aug/08 with joe
Hidden - AltLd - 26/Jul/08
Mark Walter - AltLd O/S - Jul/08 with Ed and Trish
really good although tricky all the way to the valley not a place to lose the "path" above huge hanging slabs
Rjukan - Jul/07 with Tom P
tom.e - Jul/07 with Sam Bennett
Mr Powly - Jul/07 with Chris Wall
The guidebook mentions 2 abseils - there are now 9 of them, due to decreased snow levels.
A fantastic and serious day, took us 15 and a half hours from hut to campsite, not bad considering there were 5 of us on one rope.
Toreador - 25/Aug/06 with Carmen, Alan K, Peter, and Mike
Hidden - Jul/05
Dave Toseland - Solo - 06/Aug/01 with Huw, Bill
Hidden - 1996
mike kann - 1995
jim_randell - Solo O/S - 29/Aug/94 with MS, SL2, WW