La Tartiflette At Le Brevent

Alison on pitch 3

At the beginning of this week I met up with Alison Culshaw in Chamonix for a couple of days of climbing before the weather would fall apart on Wednesday. On Sunday for an easy low stress day we wanted to make use of the uplift at Le Brevent, but found when we got there that the upper lift was closed for the end of the season, so we could only get to the midstation - Planplaz. We decided not to walk up to 'Crakoukass', but do the 6 pitches of 'La Tartiflette' instead.

Alison on pitch 4

Crakoukass was really busy with about 3-4 teams so we were glad to get a climb to ourselves. The climb turned out to be a mini gem, with quality rock, and little evidence of anybody else using it - the rock was still covered in lichen with zero polish - refreshing after climbing so many polished classics.

Stunning scenery over to Mont Blanc

Alison on the 4a traverse

The last pitch - a perfect 4c pitch

After the final quick ab, and dropping back down to Chamonix, we had time to come up with a plan for my final 2 days in France, before the rain and snow on Wednesday would arrive.