Haute Savoie > Grand Charmoz >
 
Cordier Pillar*** TD

Adjacent Climbs
<< None
 
Grand Charmoz Traverse >>
[Above the mist on superb granite on the awesome headwall pitches of the Cordier Pillar, Grand Charmoz, 1 kb]750m, 25 pitches. An awesome climb, following a series of interesting cracks to a two-thrid height ledge. From here you have some of the best climbing of your life to the top, from finger-locking to off-widthing, every kind of perfect jamming can be experience. ****!
Addison, Cordier, Fagard and Jouty 06/Jul/1970

Photo: Above the mist on superb granite on the awesome headwall pitches of the Cordier Pillar, Grand Charmoz © Garry Phillips
View all 8 photos or Submit a new photo of this climb.

PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 48 logbooks, and on 40 wishlists.

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 22/Jun/12

Hidden - AltLd dnf - 27/Sep/11

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/11

Hidden - Lead - Aug/11

guy757 - AltLd - 17/Jul/11

Abbed off around 6 pitches from top due to, being knackered and in pain! fantastic route, climax of which was leading the thin S crack pitch. not bad for my first route over 15 pitches.
Petarghh - AltLd - 12/Jul/11 with Gareth James

Jack Loftus - AltLd - 12/Jul/11 with Nick

As Pete said. Did a lot of climbing, got beyond ledge. Great climbing. Thought best to abseil off, rather than continue to top.
Cardi - AltLd dnf - 12/Jul/11 with Pete Hill

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Jul/11

Hidden - Jul/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/10

Bristoldave - Lead O/S - Aug/09 with Jon Hauser

Ally Baba - AltLd - 26/Jul/09 with Gav Swinton

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Jul/09

Phil Jennings - AltLd O/S - 26/Jul/09 with Tom Nichols

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 21/Aug/08

tommytuffa - AltLd - 21/Aug/08 with ollie b, Chris Fisher

awesome, the best climbing you'll do. did it a couple of hours under guidebook time. nearly got hit by a uge rockfall- cutting our rope on the last rap. Luckily all five of us were unscathed- the biggest block was the size of a bus- crater picture to come. :-)
Franco Cookson OLD - AltLd O/S - 05/Aug/08 with Ian, Luke, Tom ripus and will

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/08

simul-climbed the top third, best climbing i've done!
lukehunt - AltLd O/S - Aug/08 with francocookson

Only got to the halfway ledges. Seconded vast majority of pitches.
featuresforfeet - 18/Aug/07 with Tobias at Home

turned around at ledges. couldn't be arsed with a bivvy and we would have been benighted...
Tobias at Home - Lead dnf - 18/Aug/07 with featuresforfeet

reached the ledges
Nicos - Lead dnf - 24/Jul/07 with rich howels

ran out of steam just below halfway ledge.
Tobias at Home - Lead dnf - 15/Jul/07 with Bag

Pete Graham - AltLd - 2007 with Malcolm Scott

Amazing route
Grezza - AltLd - Jul/05 with Paul E

Hidden - Sep/04

Scotsken - Jun/04

akhughes - AltLd O/S - 2004 with Steptoe

NeilGriffiths - AltLd - Aug/02 with James Hubbard

Hidden - 1998

tjekel - 1998

Up and down walking from the valley in a day.
Guy - AltLd O/S - Aug/97 with Adrian

craig h - AltLd - Aug/94 with Jim Mellor

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Aug/93

with Frank Merkenhof
michaelja - AltLd - Aug/92

frost - AltLd - Jul/91 with Stone

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 1990

Hidden - Lead - 07/Aug/89

michael burrows - AltLd O/S - 31/Jul/88 with steve williams

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 31/Jul/88

Excellent route, especially the top pitches on the head wall. The ledges at 2/3rd height were a bit scrappy, but the top was worth it. Bivied at a flat spot at the bottom of the glacier. Came back to find goat shit all over my Karrimat. Took 2 years to get rid of the smell.
GaryK - AltLd O/S - Aug/87 with Simon

AlexRenshaw - Jul/87 with Mike Dawes

Stupendous route
Richard Weller - 05/Jul/86 with john sanders

badly iced, abbed off from below the summit buttress
John Marsland - AltLd dnf - 09/Aug/85 with Dave Soles

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/83

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/82

Hidden - AltLd - 04/Aug/81

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
squicky, dannyW, benrigby, jonnybull, monsteratt, runninginclouds, Hidden, Chris Ridgers, Hidden, Hidden, Ross.Cooper, Hidden, daniel_c_baron, Hidden, Hidden, centurion05, Hidden, Hidden, stuart34, Hidden, Hidden, Hidden, Ben Briggs, Hidden, Hidden, Hidden, Hidden, Hidden, Hidden, mathquirk, Darragh, Hidden, Dr Caterpillar, Mark / Alps, Hidden, Dinger, kleinej, Karl Wooffindin, Rob84, Mr Powly

Voting
Total votes cast 15
hard TD+0 of 7
TD+0 of 7
easy TD+0 of 7
hard TD1 of 7
TD6 of 7
easy TD0 of 7
hard TD-0 of 7
TD-0 of 7
easy TD-0 of 7
3 Stars7 of 8
2 Stars1 of 8
1 Star0 of 8
0 Stars0 of 8
Bag of .....0 of 8
Please Login as Existing User to rate this climb.
Style of ascent

Lead6 of 48 (12.5%)
Alt Leads34 of 48 (70.8%)
Unknown8 of 48 (16.7%)

'Climbed'27 of 48 (56.2%)
clean O/S15 of 48 (31.2%)
dnf6 of 48 (12.5%)