summer >  Alpinism  > coup de coeur

Traverse of the Barre des Ecrins South-North 4102 m

Sector : Temple-Ecrins
Level :
Expert
Duration : 2 days
04 92 23 32 29 Contact by email
Meeting : ailefroide
Collective : 1300 € per person (from 1 up to 1 participants)
Private : 1300 € global (until 1 participants)
Walking in the footsteps of Pierre Gaspard, the first guide who climbed the Meije, you will follow a magnificent southeast face route to reach the summit of the Barre des Écrins.

Programm

[fr]- Le premier jour, vous retrouverez votre guide à Ailefroide pour une montée au refuge de Temple Ecrins par le glacier noir et le col de la temple.
– Le second jour, après un départ à la lueur de la lampe frontale, ascension de la voie "Gaspard" à la face sud-est des Écrins. Descente par la voie normale et nuit au refuge des Ecrins.
– Le troisième jour nous descendrons tranquillement au Pré de Madame Carle

Equipment

– Mountain pants.
– Warm under clothes.
– Warm fleece jacket.
– Waterproof and breathable jacket.
– 2 pairs of gloves, hat.
– Warm socks.
– Sunglasses, sunscreen for face and lips.
– Medium capacity backpack (30 to 40 litres).
– A minimum of one litre bottle, groceries and picnic.
– Sunscreen, face and lips.
– Headlamp with batteries in good condition.
– bed sheet. No need for sleeping bags (there are blankets at the refuge)

– alpinism shoes with stiff soles that can be fitted with crampons (check with your crampons before you hike to the refuge) (1)
– Classic ice axe(1)
– Crampons adjusted on your shoes.(1)
– Harness.(1)
– Helmet.(1)
– Hiking sticks.(1)

(1) possibility to rent

participants

– 2 participants maximum with the high mountain guide.

Level

[fr]- La traversée sud-nord de la Barre des Écrins est une course sérieuse et longue.
– Niveau "AD".[en]- The south-north traverse of the Barre des Écrins is a difficult and long rout.

Price

This price includes the services of a high mountain guide from the Ecrins Guide office. It does not include the possible rental of the equipment, nor accommodation in a refuge and your meals / snacks or transport.

Period

Route scheduled during summer from June to mid-September. On request outside these dates. The Temple-Ecrins refuge is guarded depending on the year until mid-September. After this date we will have to consider making our own meal on site with a stove.