Alps 2015

Alpine holiday from Saturday 18th July to Wednesday 5th August, with Gabriel for the first week, then with Neil.

Images are © Jonathan Gregory 2015.

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Pas de Chèvres, Wednesday 22nd July
We climbed the ridge from the Pas de Chèvres to the Col de Riedmatten.
f005-1439 f005-1440 Looking down to the Pas de Chèvres, Glacier de Cheilon and Cabane des Dix
f005-1441 Gabriel on the summit, Monts Rouges behind f005-1442 View E towards the Dents de Veisivi and Aiguille de la Tsa, Dent Blanche behind
Cabane de Bertol, Thursday 23rd July
f005-1445 Hut water supply f005-1447 Gabriel visiting the facilities
f005-1446 View of the Dent Blanche from the terrace of the hut
Tête Blanche (3707 m), Friday 24th July
After turning back from an attempt to climb to the Col des Dents de Bertol, we followed the piste to the Tête Blanche.
f005-1458 Dents de Bertol
f005-1459 f005-1461 Tête Blanche with the Matterhorn behind on the left, the Dent d'Hérens on the right
f005-1467 f005-1468 On the way to the Tête Blanche
f005-1471 f005-1469 Views from the Tête Blanche: Dent Blanche to the left of the summit rocks, Matterhorn and Dent d'Hérens to the right
f005-1477 Looking back to the Cabane de Bertol on descent f005-1476 Glacier des Vignettes in front of Petit Mont Collon, with Pigne d'Arolla on the right
f005-1478 Skyline ridge W of Arolla - I don't know what their name is
Täschalp, Monday 27th July
Neil and I drove up to Täschalp and walked from there to the Täsch hut.
f005-1549a Weisshorn viewed from Täschalp f005-1485 View of the Rotgrat (WSW ridge) of the Alphubel
Traverse of Alphubel (4206 m), Tuesday 28th July
We climbed Alphubel via the Rotgrat and descended N to the Mischabeljoch bivouac hut.
f005-1488 Rimpfischhorn f005-1489 Weisshorn
f005-1502 Looking NE from Alphubel
f005-1505a f005-1504 Descending to the Mischabeljoch
Täschhorn (4491 m), Thursday 30th July
After being confined in the hut on Wednesday by bad weather, we climbed and descended Täschhorn by the SSE ridge (Mischabelgrat).
f005-1506 Start of the ridge viewed from the hut (on Tuesday) f005-1510 N ridge of the Alphubel (which we had descended on Tuesday)
f005-1509 Matterhorn
f005-1508 f005-1511 Mischabelgrat on the way up
f005-1512a f005-1513a f005-1514 Views from the summit: S down the Mischabelgrat towards Alphubel, Rimpfischhorn, and the frontier ridge on the right; Matterhorn to the SW; Weisshorn to the W
f005-1516 Mischabelgrat on the way down
Wiwannihorn (3001 m), Friday 31st July
We climbed the Wiwannihorn by the E ridge (Ostgrat) route.
f005-1517 Wiwannihorn seen from Wiwanni hut f005-1518 Summit ridge
Mont Blanc du Tacul (4248 m), Tuesday 4th August
We climbed the NW face normal route from the Cosmiques hut.
f005-1524 f005-1528a Mt Blanc before dawn f005-1526 Just before dawn
f005-1531a Aiguille du Midi seen from near the summit f005-1534 Crossing a wide bergschrund
f005-1538 f005-1540 Views from the Vallée Blanche: Aiguille du Midi, Mt Blanc du Tacul