Aiguille du Dru

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climbing destination granite peak mountain mountain summit

Aiguille du Dru is a striking granite peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps, famed among climbers for its steep faces and challenging routes.

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Label Occurrences
Aiguille du Dru canonical 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf climbing destination ⓘ
granite peak ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
mountain summit ⓘ
mountain summit ⓘ
country France ⓘ
faces Chamonix ⓘ
surface form: Chamonix valley
firstAscentBy Alexander Burgener ⓘ
Clinton Thomas Dent ⓘ
James Walker Hartley ⓘ
Kaspar Maurer ⓘ
firstAscentDate 1878-09-12 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Les Drus ⓘ
hasClimbingGradeRange from D to ED and harder ⓘ
hasClimbingSeason primarily summer ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude 45.922 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 6.948 ⓘ
hasFamousRoute American Direct on the west face ⓘ
Bonatti Pillar (historical, largely destroyed) ⓘ
North Couloir ⓘ
hasNotableEvent major rockfalls on the west face in 1997 ⓘ
major rockfalls on the west face in 2003 ⓘ
major rockfalls on the west face in 2005 ⓘ
hasNotableFeature highly technical climbing routes ⓘ
prominent west face ⓘ
very steep rock faces ⓘ
hasParentPeak Aiguille Verte ⓘ
hasProminence approximately 270 m ⓘ
hasRockType granite ⓘ
hasSubfeature Grand Dru ⓘ
Petit Dru ⓘ
hasSummitElevation 12316 ft ⓘ
3733 m ⓘ
3754 m ⓘ
3754 m ⓘ
isKnownFor big-wall style climbs ⓘ
difficult routes ⓘ
isPartOf Aiguilles de Chamonix ⓘ
surface form: Aiguilles de Chamonix group
isPopularFor alpine climbing ⓘ
rock climbing ⓘ
isVisibleFrom Chamonix ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
French Alps ⓘ
Haute-Savoie ⓘ
Mont Blanc massif ⓘ
mountainRange Mont Blanc massif ⓘ
nearestTown Chamonix ⓘ
surface form: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
partOf Alps ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mer de Glace → near → Aiguille du Dru ⓘ
Montenvers Railway → near → Aiguille du Dru ⓘ
Montenvers viewpoint → near → Aiguille du Dru ⓘ
Walter Bonatti → climbed → Aiguille du Dru ⓘ
North face of Les Drus → partOf → Aiguille du Dru ⓘ