Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey

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Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey is a prominent, highly technical granite peak on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc range, renowned among alpinists for its challenging mixed and rock routes.

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Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey canonical 2
White Needle of Peuterey 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alpine three-thousander
mountain peak
accessTown Courmayeur
climbingType alpine climbing
mixed climbing
rock climbing
composition granite
country Italy
difficulty highly technical
elevation 13494 ft
4112 m
firstAscent Punta Centrale and Punta Sud first ascent in 1888
Punta Nord first ascent in 1885
firstAscentBy Emilio Brocherel and companions for Punta Centrale and Punta Sud
Henry Seymour King party for Punta Nord
hasSummit Punta Centrale
Punta Nord
Punta Centrale
surface form: Punta Sud
hazard avalanches
crevasses
rockfall
includedInList Alps four-thousanders
surface form: Alpine four-thousanders
languageOfToponym French
locatedIn Alps
Aosta Valley
Mont Blanc massif
mountainRange Mont Blanc massif
surface form: Mont Blanc range
nameMeaning Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey self-linksurface differs
surface form: White Needle of Peuterey
notableFor long mixed and rock routes
objective dangers such as rockfall and seracs
serious and committing routes
parentPeak Mont Blanc
partOf Peuterey ridge
surface form: Peuterey integral ridge

Peuterey ridge
prominence independent summit on Peuterey ridge
region Aosta Valley
surface form: Valle d’Aosta
relativeLocation Italian side of Mont Blanc massif
Mont Blanc south face climbing area
surface form: south side of Mont Blanc
reputation classic objective of elite alpinists
one of the most difficult 4000 m peaks in the Alps
requires advanced alpine experience
technical mixed and rock climbing skills
season mainly climbed in summer
standardRoute from Rifugio Monzino via Brouillard or Frêney glaciers
summitCount three main summits

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Mont Blanc massif contains Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey
Peuterey Integral includesSection Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey
Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey nameMeaning Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: White Needle of Peuterey