Pointes Lachenal - Face Sud

With a short and easy approach, beautiful rock and manageable height, it is no wonder that Pointes Lachenal are so popular. There is more to them than the Contamine rock route and Pellissier gully, however, with a flurry of granite routes at all grades from Gérard Long and Romain Vogler in the late 80s, most of them unfairly forgotten despite their awesome names full of puns, and some very modern mixed lines, perfect with for a skiing approach which does not require any skinning uphill all day!

Route List

1: Mété-eau, 6b+/6a obl., Amstutz, Vogler, 1989

2: Les Concurrents de l’Inutile, 6c/6a obl., Amstutz, Vogler, 1989

3: Hit Machine, TD+ WI4 M6, Batoux, Robert, 1998

4: Fait d’Hiver, 6c/6b obl., Long, Vogler, 1989

5: Contre Saison, 6c/6b obl., Long, Vogler, 1989

6: Haut et Court, 6c+/6b obl., Long, Vogler, 1988

7: Rap Qui Peut, 6c/6b obl., Vogler, 1988

8: Harlem de Nuit, 6c+/6b obl., Long, Vogler, 1987

9: Conséquences Photos, 6c/6b+ obl., Destivelle, Piola, Vogler, 1988

10: Money Money, 6a+/6a obl., Piola, Vogler, 1985

11: El Capone, 6b/6a obl., Long, Vogler, 1987

12: Crackodile Dundee, 6c+/6c obl., Long, Vogler, 1987

13: Goulotte Pellissier, TD- M5, Pellissier, 1997

14: Voie Marylène, 6a/6a obl., Margotat, Sombardier, 1978

15: Cecchinel-Jager, TD 5a WI3 M5, Batoux, Robert, 1998

16: Monte à la Mine, 6c/6a obl., Amstutz, Vogler, 1990

17: La Ruée vers l’Haut, 7c/6c obl., Long, Vogler, 1989

18: L’Âge Dort, 6c+/6c obl., Long, Vogler, 1988

19: Mine de Rien, 6c/6b+ obl., Long, Vogler, 1988

20: Le Bon Filon, 7a+/6b obl., Long, Vogler, 1988

21: Or-Or, 6c/6b obl., Emery, Vogler, 1987

22: À l’Orée du Bois, 6b/6a obl., Vogler, Vogler, 1982

23: Harold et Maud, 6a+/5c obl., Afanassieff, Escande, 1979

24: Voie Contamine, 6a+/5c obl., Contamine, Labrunie, Wohlschlag, 1959

25: Le Macroscope, 6c+/6b obl., Long, Long, 1982

26: Ras Bord, 6b/6a obl., Long, Vogler, 1988

27: Le Vieux Brandy Jack Jones, 6a+, Chataing, Matras, 1986

28: Dallas Texas, 6b, Long, Vogler, 1987

29: M6 Solar, TD M5+, Batoux, Cruaud, Robert, 1998

30: Star Académixte, TD M6, Batoux, Dumarest, Jourdain, 2002

31: Ophélie Winter, TD+ WI5 5c A1 M5, Batoux, Franc, Robert, 1998

Updates

July 18, 2022: Graphic design update

Apr 21, 2024: Graphic design update