Getting good information on the easier “three star routes” in the Mont Blanc Range is complicated, but a new list of over 100 selected climbs will help mountaineers find route descriptions within a number of guidebooks to the area.
Based largely on the Laroche-Lelong selections, Gus Morton, an Alpine Club member living in the Chamonix Valley, has created a list of selected climbs, with overall grades generally D/D+ and below.
Article:
https://www.thebmc.co.uk/less-difficult-classics-in-the-mont-blanc-massif
Download List (PDF):
http://www.thebmc.co.uk/Download.aspx?id=830
UKC Ticklist Omissions:
3 - Can't find Aiguille de la Cabane - Namaste
9 - Can't find Grand Lui - NW Arete and Traverse
16 - Can't find Grand Fourche - Voie Gabarrou
80 - Can't find Tour Ronde - Saadi
81 - Can't find Calotte Brenva - Mitsunori Shigi
97 - Can't find Aiguille du Goûter - N Face
106 - Can't find Lex Blanche - Face NW, Traverse
119 - Can't find Petit Floria - Kaboul
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| 1st | steve_gibbs | 49% | 28 Aug, 2021 |
| 2nd | QuentinSu | 42% | 18 Aug, 2022 |
| 3rd | Gemmazrobo | 15% | 9 Apr |
| 4th | Hidden | 11% | 28 Aug, 2022 |
| 5th | Rhaegalex | 4% | 30 Jun, 2022 |
| 6th | olekemi | 3% | 5 Jul, 2015 |
| 7th | jamesucl | 2% | 2 Mar |
| 8th | Jonathan Woodward | 1% | 6 Jul, 2022 |
| 8th | Alasdair13 | 1% | 31 Jul, 2022 |
| 9th | AmanKalsi99 | 0% | 19 Sep, 2022 |
Map of routes in this ticklist
Distribution of grades
Top 12 photos of this ticklist
Arete des Cosmiques
A Popular mixed route up Aiguille du Midi
© Ron Walker
Innominata Ridge
Innominata
© JohnG
Nabot-Léon
Tom and Iain on the atmospheric slab pitch of Nabot-Leon
© jonesdwill
Mallory-Porter
The Mallory, by night.
© Charley Radcliffe
Rébuffat-Baquet
Danny following on a Midi S Face classic.
© Kevin Avery
Le Gateau de Riz
Unknown climber finishing Le Gateau de Riz this August. Taken from the top of Un Eclat de Rire!
© steve-grigg
Arête du Diable Traverse
Clouds rolling over the Arête du Diable
© Hamish Frost
Goûter Route
Passing the Vallot hut at Dawn
© Ben Tibbetts
Aiguille d'Entrèves Traverse
Steve on the classic Aig. d'Entreves traverse. Lucky to have it to ourselves!
© ali.scott
Innominata Ridge
Valentine and Masha preparing to leave the bivouac on the Innominata Ridge
© Ben Tibbetts
Frison-Roche
Jennifer Stretton and Colleen Maclellan topping out on the popular frison-roche long after the last bin down.
© DaveThexton
Flèche Rousse Ridge
The blue hour
© Hamish Frost