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| Page Type: Trip Report Location: Valais / Wallis, Switzerland, Europe Lat/Lon: 46.03330°N / 7.61670°E Date Climbed/Hiked: Jul 23, 2008 Activities: Mountaineering Season: Summer | Page By: Cyrill Created/Edited: Aug 10, 2008 / Aug 14, 2008 Object ID: 430120 Hits: 315 Loading... Page Score: 88.46% - 11 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Description:The Dent Blanche 4357m is another Topshot in the Swiss Alps. One of the very high and arduous 4000er. The south ridge (Wandflue ridge) is a combined alpine tour with climbing in the III. partly IV. grade. It alternates rock with snow and ice. The starting point is the de la Dent Blanche hut 3507m. The ascent to the Dent Blanche hut is one of the longest, if not the longest. It must be ascend 1700 metres in altitude to the hut. The Dent Blanche hut is the highest SAC hut in Switzerland.
The ascent of the Dent Blanche:
A little before five clock, we are start in the Dent Blanche hut 3507m. Immediately after the hut begins a ridge (UIAA II) to the “Wandfluelücke 3701m”. After the snow passage by the "Wandfluelücke" follows another block Ridge (UIAA II) to the point 3882m. About snow and rock passages one get to the “Grand Gendarme 4098m”. Now the climbing comes frequently and persistently. The “Grand Gendarme 4098m” we have bypassed in the west side, where we had good snow on the rise. One goes back to the ridge and climbs or bypasses further towers (gendarme), some climbing into the III. - IV UIAA. The last 100 metres in altitude, from the “White Gendarme”, is a little bit easier, it moves in a snow and rock flank and finally reached the summit with a cross.
Indescribably the feeling one of the most beautiful and demanding 4000er climbed . In principle, any hike, every mountain tour is a experience.
But this demanding and exhausting climb to a 4000er, is a special feeling, they leave a deep impression.
AccommodationDent Blanche hut / Cabane de la Dent Blanche 3507m: Link Dent Blanche hut
LinkOur ascent to Dent Blanche: Dent Blanche trip
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