Cascade des Viollins Vallée de Freissinières

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Cascade des Viollins - Vallée de Freissinières

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Cascade des Viollins

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Beauty

First ascent

G. Chantriaux (solo) 1982

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Orientation

Length

150m

Height

1250m

Difficulty

III/5/5+

Route

Splendid drip located opposite Les Viollins. Generally climbed in 4 pitches, first up a wide varied sheet, then a beautiful free-standing drip and finally up an easier and less exposed streak. Every now and then another parallel drip forms on pitch 3, this is more slender and harder at III/6.

Getting there
From Briançon take the RN 94 to Argentière–La Bessèe. Three kilometers after Argentière and just before Roche de Rame turn off right, drive beneath the railway tunnel to Freissinières (7/8km). Continue on from here past the Les Viollins and Mensals to where the road finishes in a car park close to the beautiful Dormillouse hamlet. The road is often closed due to snow at Mensals, which results in an additional 30 minute walk-in. Access
Park in the bay (Les Bellons) just before Les Viollins, then descend to River Biaysse. Cross this on a make-shift bridge then walk up the steep slope to the start of the drip. Walk-in: 30 minutes Descent
Abseil descent. Bolt belay behind the ice drip and at the top to the right. Notes
Map route 2.