Petit Flambeau & Aiguille de Toule

08.07.202422.11.2025

Route involves glacier travel with risk of crevasses: Glacier safety kit, crevasse rescue skills and roped travel required!

Route involves rock climbing with risk of falling: climbing, route-finding, rope work and anchor building skills required!

Route involves steep snow with risk of falling: crampon and self arrest skills required!

Route involves high altitude with risk of altitude sickness, extreme wind and cold: high-altitude experience and acclimatization required!

Best way to experience Glacier du Géant? Walk from midi to Torino visitin a few smaller peaks and take panorama lift back.

Location	Chamonix, France
Difficulty	Alpine: PD
Our rating	2
Elevation	3538m
Ascent	515 m
Distance	7,7 km
Our time	5:30 h

Uninteresting climbing and quite a long walk on glacier but with views!

Both climbs can be done directly from Torino lift but we wanted to explore the glacier. Watch out for the tourist masses if you try to take the panorama lift in middle of the day.

On Petit Flambeau, stay on the ridge. Rock quality is quite poor if you venture too far on the side.

Essential gear we had

More information

Rockfax – Chamonix, 2022, page 279-280

Viev of the dent du Gant form top of the Toule. Top of Petit Flambeau at the center of the picture.
Seracs in the middle of the glacier. Petit Flambeau on left side of the picture on the horizon.
View of the Glacier du Geant and Den du Geant.