Rochers Gruber

Rochers Gruber is a locality in Courmayeur, Valle d’Aosta, Aosta Valley. Rochers Gruber is situated nearby to the locality Gendarme Rouge, as well as near Attacco Cresta Sud Aiguille Noire du Peuterey.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey and Pic Eccles.

Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey

Peak

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The Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey is a mountain of the Mont Blanc massif in Italy. It is considered the most difficult and serious of the alpine 4000-m mountains to climb.

Pic Eccles is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the Aosta Valley, Italy. It lies at the foot of the Innominata ridge to the summit of Mont Blanc. The mountain is named after the English mountaineer and geologist James Eccles.

Grand Pilier d’Angle

Peak

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The Grand Pilier d'Angle is a buttress on the southern side of Mont Blanc in the Mont Blanc massif in the Aosta Valley, Italy. The first ascent from the valley was by James Eccles with guides Michel Payot and Alphonse Payot on 30 July 1877 during an ascent of the Peuterey ridge, although the summit had been visited on 20 August 1822 by F.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand Couloir and Checrouit.

Grand Couloir

Locality

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The Grand Couloir is a couloir on the Aiguille du Goûter. At 3,340 metres altitude, this gully has to be traversed on foot to reach the scramble beyond the Tête Rousse Hut up to the Goûter Refuge on the Goûter Route on Mont Blanc. Grand Couloir is situated 6 km northwest of Rochers Gruber.