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A question on which I would appreciate advice / comments....

I have been looking in the guidebooks, online and on the forum but can't find a definitive answer to whether it is possible (or perhaps I should say realistic / practical) to go for the summit of Mont Blanc starting from the Torino Hut? I am wondering about the possibility of going Torino Hut - Col des Flambeux - Tacul-Maudit cirque - exit via the headwall and descent / traverse to join the NE Ridge / Trois Monts route.

If anyone has experience of doing it or even a view about the time and or difficulties involved it would be much appreciated.

In reply to Bootsy:

Even if you could find a safe line up through the steep snow, crevasses, bergschrunds, headwalls, dodge anything that breaks away etc.. it sounds like a complete slog fest and not a line I've ever heard anyone ever consider before. It's very steep complex and potentially dangerous terrain.

Search up Brenva spur(the line changes) or frontiers ridge.

Or just do the 3 summits route.

In reply to Bootsy:

ummm Arete du Diable and then join Trois Monts route? Might be a very long day Diable 6-9 hours, Trois Monts 6-9 hours.

Haven't done it but sounds like a fun idea!

In reply to Bootsy:

As mentioned above, the frontier(kuffner) ridge can be continued to the summit via the upper section of the trois monts route, probably the most logical route from that area