On 19 June 2018 Paul Bonhomme and Vivian Bruchez made a rare ski descent of the mythical NW Face of Aiguille Verte, also referred to as Nant Blanc, in the Mont Blanc massif.
Nant Blanc, the famous NW Face of Aiguille Verte in the Mont Blanc massif, was skied on 19 June by French alpinists Paul Bonhomme and Vivian Bruchez via a 1100 meter line that cuts the face diagonally past 55° terrain and 3 abseils on the lower section.
Following in the footsteps of Jean-Marc Boivin who skied the line in June 1989, and 20-year-old Marco Siffredi who made the second descent and first snowboard descent a decade later, Bonhomme and Bruchez skied what is recognised as one of the Mont Blanc massif’s legendary steep descents.
They tied in to a rope on the traverse used by Pierre Tardivel and Stéphane Brosse in June 2009 and then deviated from the line of descent to join the extraordinary route established by Armand Charlet and Camille Devouassoux on 3 July 1928.
Clearly visibile from Chamonix, Bonhomme and Bruchez ascended via the classic North Face Charlet Platanov route with some of the Tardivel variations, then skied a line that evidently indulges in the history of steep skiing in the Mont Blanc massif. As reported previously, this descent had been part of Bonhomme’s "Aiguille Verte 4 Faces in a day" project but conditions had proved prohibitive at the time.
27.05.2018 Paul Bonhomme completes Aiguille Verte 4 Faces in a day French mountain guide Paul Bonhomme has completed his project of climbing and skiing 4 different faces on the Aiguille Verte (4122 m) in the Mont Blanc massif on the same day.
17.04.2018 La ceinture des Drus descent on Aiguille du Dru On Saturday 13 April 2018 Vivian Bruchez, Jean Baptiste Charlet and Jonathan Charlet made the first ski and snowboard descent of a new line on the West Face of Aiguille du Dru in the Mont Blanc massif.