Chamonix, climbing guide. Rockfax.: A Guide to the Best Rock Climbs and Mountain Routes Around Chamonix and Mont-Blanc

Chamonix is the most famous climbing area in Europe. Nowhere else has as much quality rock, spectacular peaks and varied mountaineering history. For most climbers a trip to Chamonix is an integral part of their climbing and mountaineering career. When there you want to try everything; perfect granite rock routes, magnificent long ridges, intimidating north faces and then also have some valley sport climbing for the rest days. Or maybe you just want to tick Mont Blanc. For the first time ever, all this is available in a single publication from Rockfax with hundreds of routes ranging from short sport ticks to the best multi-day adventures. It is illustrated with some amazing photo-topos, superb maps and with excellent detailed descriptions. For Rockfax this has been one of our most exciting challenges to date. Doing justice to this vast area with it many iconic climbs and mountain routes and great variety of climbing is no small task.Glacier du Tour - Aiguille du Tour, Aiguille Purtscheller, Tete Blanche and Petite Fourche, Aiguille du Chardonnet Glacier d'Argentière - Aiguille d'Argentiere, Aiguille du Refuge, Aiguille du Génépi, Flèche Rousse, Mont Dolent, Les Courtes, Les Droites, Aiguille Verte - North Face, Grands Montets Ridge, Petite Aiguille Verte, Aiguille Verte - Grands Montets Ridge, Aiguille Grand Montets, Pointe de Bayère, Petite Dru Glacier de Talèfre - Aiguille du Moine, La Nonne, Aiguille Verte - South Face, Les Droites - South Face, Les Courtes - South Face, Pointe Isabelle Grandes Jorasses - North Face, South Face Envers des Aiguilles - Aiguille du Plan, Pointes des Nantillions, Bec dOiseau, Tour Verte, Tour Rouge, Aiguille du Roc, Grépon East Face, Pointe 3038 de Trélaporte, Lower Slabs of Envers Plan de lAiguille - Aiguille de lM, Petite Charmoz, Grands Charmoz, Aiguille de Blatière - Red Pillar, Slabs of the Peigne, Papillons Arête, Aiguille du Peigne, Col du Plan, Aiguille du Midi - North Face Aiguille du Midi - Arête à Laurence, Arête des Cosmiques, Éperon des Cosmiques, South Face, Northwest Face, Midi-Plan Traverse Helbronner - Dent du Géant, Aiguille du Rochefort, Aiguille Marbrées, Petite Flambeau, Aiguille de Toule, Aiguille d'Entrèves, Tour Ronde, Mont Maudit - Kuffner Ridge, Brenva Spur Mont Blanc du Tacul - Arête du Diable, Chandelle and Trident du Tacul, Grand Capucin, Petite Capucin, Pointe Adolpe Rey, Pyramide du Tacul, Gervasutti Pillar, East Face, Pointes Lachenal, Triangle du Tacul, North Face Mont Blanc - Trois Monts Route, Goûter Route, Royal Traverse, Southwest Face, Frêney Face, Peutérey Integrale Tré la Tête - Mont Tondu, Dômes de Miage, Aiguilles de Tré la Tête Aiguilles Rouges - Brévent - Brévent South Face, Brévent East Face, Brévent Crags, Mic et Maousse, La Somone and Crakoukass, Jumeaux Aiguilles Rouges - Planpraz - Tartiflette and Raclette, Hotel California, Clocher de Planpraz Aiguilles Rouges - Index - Aiguille Pourrie, Chapelle de la Glière, Aiguille de l'Index, Aiguille de la Glière, Aiguille du Pouce - South Face, Grande Floria, Aiguillette de la Floria, Aiguilles Crochues, Pointe Gaspard, Tour des Crochues, Aiguille du Belvédère Valley Crags - Servoz, Les Gaillands, Les Mottets, La Joux, Les Chéserys, Vallorcine, Barberine

The Chamonix Rockfax covers everything from perfect granite rock routes to magnificent long ridges; intimidating north faces to valley sport climbing for the 'rest days'. Or maybe you just want to tick Mont Blanc. It's all here, in a single publication, illustrated with some amazing phototopos, superb maps and with excellent detailed route and approach descriptions.