Arête de la Table

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

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

Nice variant to reach Aiguille du Tour. Climbing "the table" is quite an undertaking.
  • Location
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  • Difficulty
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  • Our rating
  • Elevation

3542 m
  • Ascent

2100 m
  • Distance

14,8 km
  • Our time

14:12 h

Approach identical to Aiguille du Tour route. Instead of heading to Col Superieur du Tour, turn left earlier towards Col Purtscheller.

Usually done from Refuge Albert Premier. Here shown as one push from Le Tour.

Track below is not the optimal route in the Couloir. Better route would have been going left earlier. Notice that the rock/ridge climbing actually only starts very close to the Table and summit ridge. Stay on the snow as long as possible.

Essential gear we had
More information

Rockfax – Chamonix, 2022, page 70

Aquille de Tour for more information

  • Table 3
    On the Table.
  • Table 2
    Summit ridge after the Table.
  • Table 1
    A climbing section on the ridge. Some protection is required.

Other routes

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