Grandes Jorasses and Dent du Géant

Pointe Walker on Grandes Jorasses (on the left) and Dent du Géant (on the right) are two prominent alpine peaks book-ending a remarkably striking ridge that forms the French and Italian border above Chamonix in France and Courmayeur in Italy. In view here, in between, is Aiguille de Rochefort (4,001 m) and the Rochefort Arête (Rochefort Ridge), a day trip for fit alpinists that includes an exposed snow arête, with the longer and more committing Arete de Rochefort Traverse continuing over Dome de Rochefort towards Col des Grandes Jorasses, a challenge which British Mountain Guide Owain Jones terms as a “major undertaking and one of the most coveted ridge traverses in the Alps”.

Source: UKClimbing

See also: Grandes Jorasses and Dent du Géant (panorama)