Couloir E
Reach Lac d'Arou and the north cirque of Arbizon.
You soon spot the couloir just to the right of another very obvious, straight couloir.
First climb a broad slope toward the straight couloir (slope 35-40)
then trend right near a small rock barrier (granite), then a little left (steeper step 45-50°)
and finally right to exit at a corniced col (start of the classic ski descent on the other side).
Follow the easy summit ridge to the left to the summit.
- either by the opposite slope when you emerge at the col (classic ski descent route), a sustained slope that leads back to the valley north of Monfaucon (the valley that corresponds to the classic ski ascent route),
- or by the same way if you come out early or if it is cold,
- or by continuing along the ridge to the left (southeast) to a wide notch (toward point 2658 m) from which a easy couloir descends (40° at the start) and which leads back, by a broad slope, to the north cirque of Arbizon (this is also the classic descent after climbing a route on the north face of Arbizon).
- 1 ice axe
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Park in the bend just before the road closed to authorized vehicles.
Details →From Payolle (longer 4h) or from the granges de Camoudiet (2h30), passage via the lac d'Arou.
Details →From the parking at Camoudiet 1438 m, climb by Pic de Monfaucon: From the Camoudiet barns to the platform at 2220 m. From there on the south, climb the debris cone, slope at 40°/42°, until reaching the narrow section at 2515 m, passage at 45°, where the diagonal ramp begins; to climb it, it is…
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