The easiest of the north face routes on the Courtes to start from the summit. This is the route to the lookers right of the North East Face and climbs the couloir to the summit ridge where you head up the north face to the summit.
Ski Grade: 5.3 E3
Slope Angle: Sections of 50°
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Les Courtes, North East Spur | Ross Hewitt.
2nd best ski line in the Mont Blanc Massif? (After the Couturier Couloir). Exposed to Serac fall from above. It is advisable to asses the slope the day before and climb up the Normal Route on the Tacul and drop in from the top to minimise the amount of time spent in the Couloir. The route to the right is the Jager Couloir and has less objective danger but is steeper and narrower.
Best conditions found: March to June
Aspect: East
Grade: TD, 5.4
Gradient: 45°- 55° for 700m
Height of Mont Blanc Du Tacul: 4248M
Height Gain: 950M
Tobias Granath – steepskiing, climbing, trailrunning in Chamonix, France
The Col between the Droites and the Courtes is an excellent “climb up, ski down” tour from the Talefre Glacier. The slopes are never more than 40degrees and is best skied before midday due to its South-West aspect.
Grade: AD, 4.1
Height gain: 1500m
Height of Col: 3733M
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Col des Droites | Ross Hewitt.
Almost the perfect couloir? Accessible from the NE slope and usually requires at least one abseil to get to a point where you can start to ski, although with good conditions you can ski straight in. Not often climbed due to its southerly aspect and thus high risk of rock fall (helmet advisable on descent). You can easily check out the conditions with some binoculars from the Vallee Blanche.
other routes on this face: South Face
Grade: D+ 5.1
Slope aspect and Angle: 45-50° for 600m, South facing
“Angelique” Couloir – Les Courtes 18.02.2012 – Luca Pandolfi.
The couloir Angelique. A glorious traverse. « Cedric Bernardini
March 2009- Les Courtes 3856m Couloir Angelique (D+ 45°-50°) « Ben Briggs.
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Couloir Cachè to Brenva Glacier 11.01.2012 – Luca Pandolfi.
Couloir Cache – the secret couloir | Ross Hewitt.