Welcoming 2025 With Two New Routes in the Alps
Between December 26 and January 1, three members of Chamonix’s Military High Mountain Group (GMHM) set a new route up the West Face of Les Drus in France’s Mont Blanc Massif.
‘Petit Pont’, the new route on the West Face of the Drus. Photo: Amaury Fouillade and Philippe Bruley
Philippe Bruley, Amaury Fouillade, and Baptiste Obino spent seven days on the winter wall. They named their new 1,000m route Little Bridge and graded it ED, M5, 6a, A3. Their line leads to the 3,730m summit of the Petit Dru.
Back in 2021Thomas Auvaro, Leo Billon, Jordi Noguere, and Sebastien Ratel, also from GMHM, opened BASE (1,000m, M8+, 7a) over five days. Little Bridge goes to the right of BASE.
Topo of ‘Petit Pont’ (marked in blue) and topo of ‘BASE’ (marked in red). Photo: GMHM
New route in the Aosta Valley
Meanwhile, Francois Cazzanelli and Giuseppe Vidoni rang in the New Year with a new 500m route in the Glacier des Grandes Murailles in Italy’s Aosta Valley. They named their new line The Spirit of the Walls (AI IV, M5, 6a, A2). It took them 10 hours from base to summit.
On ‘The Spirit of the Walls’ in Italy’s Aosta Valley. Photos: Francois Cazzanelli and Giuseppe Vidoni
“Leaving at dawn, heavy backpacks, difficult terrain, unpredictable results,” summarized Cazzanelli on social media.
Great Walls Glacier. Photo: Framcofranco56
rewrite this title Welcoming 2025 With Two New Routes in the Alps
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Between December 26 and January 1, three members of Chamonix’s Military High Mountain Group (GMHM) set a new route up the West Face of Les Drus in France’s Mont Blanc Massif.’Petit Pont’, the new route on the West Face of the Drus. Photo: Amaury Fouillade and Philippe Bruley Philippe Bruley, Amaury Fouillade, and Baptiste Obino spent seven days on the winter wall. They named their new 1,000m route Little Bridge and graded it ED, M5, 6a, A3. Their line leads to the 3,730m summit of the Petit Dru.Back in 2021Thomas Auvaro, Leo Billon, Jordi Noguere, and Sebastien Ratel, also from GMHM, opened BASE (1,000m, M8+, 7a) over five days. Little Bridge goes to the right of BASE.Topo of ‘Petit Pont’ (marked in blue) and topo of ‘BASE’ (marked in red). Photo: GMHM New route in the Aosta ValleyMeanwhile, Francois Cazzanelli and Giuseppe Vidoni rang in the New Year with a new 500m route in the Glacier des Grandes Murailles in Italy’s Aosta Valley. They named their new line The Spirit of the Walls (AI IV, M5, 6a, A2). It took them 10 hours from base to summit.On ‘The Spirit of the Walls’ in Italy’s Aosta Valley. Photos: Francois Cazzanelli and Giuseppe Vidoni “Leaving at dawn, heavy backpacks, difficult terrain, unpredictable results,” summarized Cazzanelli on social media.Great Walls Glacier. Photo: Framcofranco56
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