Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix - Day after day - Ascents and randonnee has been done in September

28 September : Midi-Plan A ridge so thin after a period of bad weather, but so beautiful ...
A real ridge and so scenic !	Top of the Rognon, the loneliness of the autumn ...	Going back the same way:a great view point.

Photos : JN. Bertoux 22 September : On Rébuffat's way ! A film is being shot about Gaston Rébuffat's life : a pleasure for the eyes !
Drop Zone at the Pic de Roc !	Always a pleasure ...	the shooting man : a hard job !

South face of the 'Aiguille du Midi : the S crack.

Photos : D. Ravanel 17 - 18 September : Grand Pilier d'Angle, Cecchinel-Nominé route. A very hard and long route finishing at the top of the Mont-Blanc ! Wonderful conditions, a great moment, especially after a summer so bad !
Very difficult rimaye : here we are !	Great snow for the first, we climb fast.	Such a wild and large itinerary.	The most technical part, but the dieder is in ice : great !

Wonderful mixte climbing,
between the steep parts.

Fortunately, the ice is very good
in these steep parts.

Last wall in hard ice,
difficult to reach the ridge !

Still the last part of Peuterey ridge
to arrive to the top of the Mont-Blanc.

Photos : TH. Renault 15 - 16 September : Peuterey ridge by the noth side of the pass. After a bad summer, the snow routes are in perfect conditions. This route is not so technic but very wild and so far away, it's a very grand ascent.
Sunrise behind the Dent du Géant and the Jorasses.	The noth face of the Col de Peuterey, our first day.	Beautiful rimayes, but not so easy to find the right way.	Great snow for a great ascent !

At the pass, we find a
3 stars bivouac !

Second day :
Mixte at the Grand Pilier d'Angle

Fortunately some snow makes a
"trail" in the rocks !

Arriving at sunrise at the
Mont-Blanc de Courmayeur.

Photos : A. Jannel 15 September : Trident du Tacul, Lepiney route. Amazing "needle" on the east side of the Mont-Blanc du Tacul. A pleasure to climb this granite and a perfect vue on the Grand Capucin, our "neighbor"..
The Lépiney crack ... pull !	Gilles, "yes" the crack is done !	Exceptional rock, a real pleasure to climb it.	The Trident, great !

Photos : JP. Couttet 13 - 14 September : Traversée des Aiguilles du Diable. A bad name for a splendid ascent ! 5 amazing granite candles at 4000 meters, something you have to do ...
Last part of the couloir, we can see the first pointe : The Corne.	Not more than grade V, but with mountain boots and a good back pack that's really enough !	From the shade to the sun pic after pic, it's a gorgeous trip.	In front of the "Médiane" pich, the third one.

We've done our route.

After the last one (the Isolée), it's
mixte until the top of the Mont-Blanc du Tacul.

Congratulations Bruno for this
beautiful and grand ascent.

Photos : Ch. Boloyan 13 September : Aiguille du Chardonnet, the Migot spur. A mountain so beautiful and scenic, east of the Mont-Blanc, The route is in ice with some technical mixte and a dangerous down.
Cold and hard snow : perfect conditions.	Always magic : the sunrise.	Bernard in the last part.	in front of "his" mountain !

Photos : J. Mottin 12 September : Midi-Plan traverse. A so scenic tour between the Vallée Blanche and Chamonix valley. Today the snow is firm to walk on : a great feeling !
Departure in front of the Matterhorn.	Jean-Marie and Jacques, two friends for a beautiful day.	Summit, emotion, congratulation !

Photos : JP. Couttet 10 - 11 September : Grands Dru, Contamines route. The Drus, a magic name.On the south side, the Grand Dru offers also several beautiful rock climbing routes, here is the Contamines, a physical one !
Great sunrise, magic with the last clouds	Beautiful hard climb ...	... and physical cracks ...	... and dieders !

Christophe at the top of the Grand Dru..

A long rappel down route.

In fact we arrive on the Charpoua
glacier.

Sunset from the typical charpoua
hut, on the way down.

Photos : S. Frendo 8 September : Tête Blanche. Finally after a difficult summer, the high preasures are here. The mountain is beautisul with all the new snow
Starting on the Tour glacier, we are so close to the Aiguille du Tour.	Hikking in front of the noth and east side of the Aiguille du Chardonnet.	Almost at the top we can discover the great noth face of the Aiguille d'Argentiere.	A magic day in high mountain, now we have plenty of great views and projects !

Photos : E. Favret 5 - 6 September : Aiguille du Plateau and the Minaret. Climbing around Argentière hut, many different beautiful climbs as the dièdre central at the Aiguille du Plateau (just behind the hut), superb granite route in front of the biggest north ice route in the Mont-Blanc. The Minaret, is a classic, so take care of the graduation, the 5 is a real hard one.
A granit so great to feel the friction.	A perfect dieder.	Argentière hut, in the background : the Mont Dolent.

Sunrise on the Droites and the Verte.

At the Minaret, the climb is more "classic", it's going to be physic !

Photos : M. Dumas 4 September : Aiguille de Blaîtière, Nabo-Léon route. A "modern" route on granite, just for the pleasure. A very good one to learn how to use your own protections, the "friends".
Charlotte in the first dieder ...	.. and after, no problems !	If you don't leave too early you will "catch" the sun, great in september !

Photos : E. Favret 3 September : Arête des Cosmiques. The teenagers from the climbing club of Chamonix come to discover the difference between mountaineering and indoor !
Learning the autonomy.	How to progres and be safe.	Beley without spits !	A perfect school !