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The highest point ... the objective : La Barre des Écrins (PD ; 4102 m)
We can climb the West ridge (it's the normal route) from the Écrins refuge:
First day: we will have 5 hours of walk with one on the "Glacier Blanc" to reach the refuge.
Second day: after a climb on the face toward the Lory notch, the ridge is an easy and exposed climb.
For 1 or 2 persons my guide rate is 610 €.
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To be better acclimated and to have a first contact with rock ; the solution : to take one more day to climb the South ridge of Pic du Glacier Blanc which lead us from the first refuge (Glacier Blanc) towards the Écrins refuge ready for the next day. Day 1: Glacier Blanc refuge; Day 2: Ridge to the "Pic du Glacier Blanc"; Day 3: The "Barre des Ecrins" The climb is beautiful and quite easy : level IV maximum For only 250 € more, you wil not regret it ! |
The ridge on the left of the photo taken from Ecrins refuge. |
A video of the "Barre des Ecrins" ascent (2 minutes) : 
The "Barre" is a little harder but again better by going across from east to west. My price for two persons is 650 €.
It can also be done from La Bérarde by going across from South to North. It is a long and very wild course. My price is 810 €.
Of course its south pillar with 1000 m climb is also a "must". Read more on the south pillar ?
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Where is it ? what is the way ?
It is perhaps "the big Oisans route". This superb 1000 m heigh pillar is impressive.
That difficult route requires a very good shape and a good climbing technic. There are quite a lot of IV and V grade in the "bastion" and one must be quick in that big face.
There is no refuge on the "glacier Noir" to reach the face.
Many strategies are possible according your shape and the actual conditions :
-To leave from the "pré de Mde Carle" early in the morning, and walk an hour and half to the "Balmes de François Blanc" bivvy and then continue in the face.
-To make the bivvy at the "Balmes" or higher in the base of the face.
My price for 1 person is 1300 €.
