Aiguille de Toule

The Aiguille de Toule (3,534 metres (11,594 ft)) is a mountain peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps. Its summit is one of a number which form part of the mountainous frontier ridge between France and Italy which descends eastwards from Mont Blanc and continues towards the Grandes Jorasses and Mont Dolent.[2]

Aiguille de Toule
Highest point
Elevation3,534 m (11,594 ft)[1]
Listing
Coordinates45°50′53″N 6°55′19″E
Geography
Aiguille de Toule is located in Alps
Aiguille de Toule
Aiguille de Toule
Location in the Alps
Aiguille de Toule is located in France
Aiguille de Toule
Aiguille de Toule
Aiguille de Toule (France)
Aiguille de Toule is located in Italy
Aiguille de Toule
Aiguille de Toule
Aiguille de Toule (Italy)
Parent rangeMont Blanc massif
Climbing
AccessFrom Torino Hut
View from the Aiguille du Midi. Left to right: Grand Flambeau, Aiguille de Toule, Aiguilles d'Entrèves and Tour Ronde

It is situated at the head of the Géant Glacier. It lies east of the Aiguilles d'Entrèves (from which it is separated by the Col Orientale de Toule) and west of the Grand Flambeau (from which it is separated by the Col Occidental de Toule.) It is sometimes referred to as the Aiguille de Toula.[3]

Climbing

The mountain was first climbed on 10 August 1895 by Giovanni Bobba, Luigi Vaccarone, Casimiro Thérisod and Pietro Re Fiorentin.[3]

The Aiguille de Toule can be readily accessed from the Torino Hut/Pointe Helbronner.[2][4] The easiest means of ascent is via the east face, a mixed rock and snow route, graded on the French adjectival climbing scale at F+/PD-.[3]

Other short climbing routes on the mountain include the north and the northeast faces, both graded AD.[4]

References
  1. "3630 ouest" (Map). chamonix - mont-blanc (2nd ed.). 1:25,000. Carte Topographique (in French). Paris: Institut Géographique National. 1984.
  2. Collomb, Robin; O'Connor, W.H. (1976). Mont Blanc range. Vol. 1: Trelatete, Mont Blanc, Maudit, Tacul, Brenva;. London: Alpine Club. p. 200. ISBN 0900523204. OCLC 25691643.
  3. "Aiguille de Toula : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering". www.summitpost.org. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  4. "Rockfax | Databases | Helbronner > Aiguille de Toule". www.rockfax.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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