Climbing Mont Blanc is always a pleasure. This time, Anna and I made the Mont Blanc traverse from Aiguille du Midi, to the 3 Monts, Dome du Gouter, Aiguille du Gouter followed by a 3,800 meters descent to Les Houches.
Sunrise from Col de la Brenva (© P. Gatta)
Saturday we left Aiguille du Midi to quickly reach the nice Cosmiques hut (3,616m) where we slept.
On the way to Mont Blanc (© P. Gatta)
The traverse follows the Mont Blanc du Tacul, Mont Maudit, Col de la Brenva, the Mur de la Côte and the final slopes of Mont Blanc.
Mont Blanc: Mur de la Côte (© P. Gatta)
We reached the summit before 7am, enjoying the 360 degrees view over the Alps.
Mont Blanc: final slopes (© P. Gatta)
Then we started our descent along the Arête des Bosses.
Mont Blanc summit (© P. Gatta)
We passed the Dome du Gouter, the 4th 4000m peak of the day, the 8th in a week for me.
Mont Maudit, Mont Blanc and Arête des Bosses (© P. Gatta)
We made a short break in the new Gouter hut and continued our descend all the to Les Houches.
Aiguille de Bionnassay (© P. Gatta)